Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Sybaritic

                
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\sib-uh-RIT-ik\
adjective
1. pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
2. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.
Quotes
A shower he held was for getting clean quickly and efficiently, but a bath, a bath was asybaritic experience to be savoured. It calms the soul, it relaxes utterly, it allows one to start one's day on one's own terms.
-- Peter Turnbull, The Man with No Face, 1998
Origin
Sybaritic derives from the name of the ancient Greek city Sybaris, which was known for the luxurious lifestyles of its inhabitants. It entered English
 
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\sib-uh-RIT-ik\
adjective
1. pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
2. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.
Quotes
A shower he held was for getting clean quickly and efficiently, but a bath, a bath was asybaritic experience to be savoured. It calms the soul, it relaxes utterly, it allows one to start one's day on one's own terms.
-- Peter Turnbull, The Man with No Face, 1998
Origin
Sybaritic derives from the name of the ancient Greek city Sybaris, which was known for the luxurious lifestyles of its inhabitants. It entered English

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