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voluptuary

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n.; pl. {Voluptuaries}.
   [L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.]
   A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his
   chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of
   sensual appetites.

         A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: Sensualist; epicure.

Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a.
   Voluptuous; luxurious.

Source : WordNet®

voluptuary
     adj : furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean
           banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal
           chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent
           the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence";
           "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" [syn: {epicurean},
            {luxurious}, {sybaritic}, {voluptuous}]
     n : a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
         [syn: {sybarite}]
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