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Definition of voluptuary:

A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
Voluptuous; luxurious.

Synonyms:

lush, busty, princely, gilded, grand, indulgent, toothsome, sonsy, luxurious, bosomy, voluptuous, curvaceous, full-bosomed, Epicurean, deluxe, sybarite, elaborate, profuse, epicure, buxom, red-hot, curvy, sumptuous, hedonic, sybaritic, luscious, luxuriant, hedonistic, pain, juicy, stacked, exuberant, riotous, well-endowed, sonsie, opulent.

sensualist (part of speech: noun)
- gourmet,
- glutton,
- hedonist,
- sensualist,
- sybarite,
- Epicurean
voluptuary (part of speech: noun)
- Lothario,
- roue,
- Casanova,
- wanton,
- profligate,
- libertine,
- lecher,
- trollop,
- philanderer,
- satyr

Usage examples:

" He who grieves at his abstinence," says Aristotle, " is a voluptuary;"- and this also is the great principle so often and so strikingly enforced in the sacred writings; " Keep thy heart with all diligence, because out of it are the issues of life."

- "The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings", John Abercrombie.
Exaggerated reports of Wyverne's prowess in the Far East had got abroad; and the crafty voluptuary thoroughly appreciated valour's better part when a formidable foe was to be confronted.

- "Barren Honour: A Novel", George A. Lawrence.
When at supper they talked of love and women, he pretended to be a subtle and perverse voluptuary.

- "The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories", Anton Chekhov.