pleasurist en · NOUN
Etymology
From pleasure + -ist.
Meanings
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Someone devoted to worldly pleasure.
Live happy in the Elysium of a virtuously composed mind, and let intellectual contents exceed the delights wherein mere pleasurists place their paradise.
c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleasurists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sybarite · voluptuary · lapling · epicure · pleasure seeker · pleasure seeker · high-stepper · softling · lotus-eater · pleasurist · sensualist · voluptuarian · bon viveur · hedonist · epicurean · hedonist