sybariten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪbərʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsɪbəˌraɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s Siberite, Sibarite, Sibaryte, and with capital initial.

Etymology: < Latin Sybarīta, < Greek Συβαρίτης, < Σύβαρις Sybaris (see below). Compare French Sybarite.

A. n.

1. (With capital initial.) A native or citizen of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city of southern Italy, traditionally noted for its effeminacy and luxury.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]

Albana1387

Latina1398

Venetian1432

Picentine1598

sybarite1598

Faliscan1600

Picene1601

sybaritan1608

Picenian1610

Peucetian1615

Pompeian1654

Praenestine1683

Iapygian1773

Messapian1773

Atestine1924

Cumaean1931

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. ii. 64 All dumb and silent, like the dead of night, Or dwelling of some sleepy Sybarite.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 36 The Sybarites neuer woulde make any banquet vnder a twelue-moneths warning.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 56 The pleasures of Tarent, and the soile of the Siberites were inchantments sufficient to make men effeminate.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 14 The Crotonians joyning with the Sybarites and the Metapontines, determined to expell the rest of the Grecians out of Italy.

1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xxix. 291 I have some noisy tradesmen near me, that the Sybarites would not have permitted in their city.

1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vi. 182 The Sybarites of old would not allow a cock to be in their city, lest it should disturb their matutinal slumbers.

2. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure; an effeminate voluptuary or sensualist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously > excessive or effeminate

sybarite1623

sybarista1651

1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 25 Fraile Beautie to abuse, And (wanton Sybarites) On past or present touch of sense to muse.

1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. 41 Not to haue their stables full (as in an Army of Sibarytes) of capreoling Horses.

1809 J. West Mother (1810) 35 Some feeble Sybarite, Pain'd by a crumpled rose-leaf.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 80 The lords of Lacedemon were true soldiers, But ours are Sybarites.

1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy III. i. 7 It was a handsome room, certainly—the very room for an artist and a sybarite.

1880 B. Disraeli Endymion II. i. 6 The dinner was refined, for Mr. Bertie Tremaine combined the Sybarite with the Utilitarian sage.

in extended use.1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 30 ‘This,’ said I, ‘is the plea of intellectual Sybarites.’

B. adj.

= sybaritic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective]

Latinc1400

Latian1598

sybarite1599

Messapian1608

Faliscan1686

Peucetiana1734

sybaritic1786

Iapygian1864

Venetian1866

Atestine1931

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious

Sardanapalical1555

Cleopatrical1597

sybarite1599

silkena1616

sybariticala1617

sybaritic1619

sybaritican1623

sybaritish1631

sybarital1839

Sardanapalian1863

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > ancient parts > relating to Greek city in Italy

sybarite1599

sybaritan1607

sybaritic1786

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 36 Hydra herring will haue euery thing Sybarite dainty, where he lays knife aboord.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 227 So great is the poyson of the Sibarite Scorpion, that the dung thereof beeing trode vppon, breedeth vlcers.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 22 These Sybarite-Ambassadours.

1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 43 The Sybarite horses began to dance.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 399 This Sybarite indulgence..does not seem to have impaired the martial spirit of the nobles.

1897 A. C. Gunter Ballyho Bey xv. 178 Irene Vannos, even as she fans her sybarite mistress, falls fainting on the deck.

Derivatives

ˈsybarism n. sybaritism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > excessive or effeminate

sybaritism1840

sybarism1889

1889 B. Whitby Awakening Mary Fenwick II. vii. 169 I am ashamed of your selfish sybarism!

ˈsybarist n. a sybarite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously > excessive or effeminate

sybarite1623

sybarista1651

a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xvii. 189 The soft Sybariste..complain'd in the morning of his wearinesse.

ˈsybarital adj. sybaritic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious

Sardanapalical1555

Cleopatrical1597

sybarite1599

silkena1616

sybariticala1617

sybaritic1619

sybaritican1623

sybaritish1631

sybarital1839

Sardanapalian1863

1839 J. E. Reade Deluge 149 Soft abandonment to ease, reclining In Sybarital luxury.

† sybaritan adj. [Latin Sybarītānus] Obsolete = sense B.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > ancient parts > relating to Greek city in Italy

sybarite1599

sybaritan1607

sybaritic1786

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 310 Whereupon the Sibaritan horsses came running & dancing among their aduersaries.

† sybaritan n. [Latin Sybarītānus] Obsolete = sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]

Albana1387

Latina1398

Venetian1432

Picentine1598

sybarite1598

Faliscan1600

Picene1601

sybaritan1608

Picenian1610

Peucetian1615

Pompeian1654

Praenestine1683

Iapygian1773

Messapian1773

Atestine1924

Cumaean1931

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 118 That speech of the Sibaritans, concerning the Lacedæmonians austerer kind of living.

ˈsybaritish adj. (also erroneous sabaritish) sybaritic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious

Sardanapalical1555

Cleopatrical1597

sybarite1599

silkena1616

sybariticala1617

sybaritic1619

sybaritican1623

sybaritish1631

sybarital1839

Sardanapalian1863

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature v. 32 That abound in all Asian luxuries, and more than Sabaritish delights.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 73 All this is but out of a Sybaritish ridiculous daintiness.

1821 Examiner 253/1 Sybaritish enjoyment.

1883 W. E. Norris No New Thing II. xiii. 4 We sit..hugging ourselves in a sybaritish contentment.

ˈsybaritism n. sybaritic habits or practices, effeminate voluptuousness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > excessive or effeminate

sybaritism1840

sybarism1889

1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxvii It is quite a mistake to imagine Sybaritism did not commence in England till the reign of Charles the Second, when it was rather at its climax.

1870 Echo 9 Nov. Modern Republics like ancient Carthage swim in gold and sybaritism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sybarite
释义	sybariten.adj. Brit. /ˈsɪbərʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɪbəˌraɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s Siberite, Sibarite, Sibaryte, and with capital initial. Etymology: < Latin Sybarīta, < Greek Συβαρίτης, < Σύβαρις Sybaris (see below). Compare French Sybarite. A. n. 1. (With capital initial.) A native or citizen of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city of southern Italy, traditionally noted for its effeminacy and luxury. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun] Albana1387 Latina1398 Venetian1432 Picentine1598 sybarite1598 Faliscan1600 Picene1601 sybaritan1608 Picenian1610 Peucetian1615 Pompeian1654 Praenestine1683 Iapygian1773 Messapian1773 Atestine1924 Cumaean1931 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. ii. 64 All dumb and silent, like the dead of night, Or dwelling of some sleepy Sybarite. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 36 The Sybarites neuer woulde make any banquet vnder a twelue-moneths warning. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 56 The pleasures of Tarent, and the soile of the Siberites were inchantments sufficient to make men effeminate. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 14 The Crotonians joyning with the Sybarites and the Metapontines, determined to expell the rest of the Grecians out of Italy. 1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xxix. 291 I have some noisy tradesmen near me, that the Sybarites would not have permitted in their city. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vi. 182 The Sybarites of old would not allow a cock to be in their city, lest it should disturb their matutinal slumbers. 2. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure; an effeminate voluptuary or sensualist. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously > excessive or effeminate sybarite1623 sybarista1651 1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 25 Fraile Beautie to abuse, And (wanton Sybarites) On past or present touch of sense to muse. 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. 41 Not to haue their stables full (as in an Army of Sibarytes) of capreoling Horses. 1809 J. West Mother (1810) 35 Some feeble Sybarite, Pain'd by a crumpled rose-leaf. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 80 The lords of Lacedemon were true soldiers, But ours are Sybarites. 1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy III. i. 7 It was a handsome room, certainly—the very room for an artist and a sybarite. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion II. i. 6 The dinner was refined, for Mr. Bertie Tremaine combined the Sybarite with the Utilitarian sage. in extended use.1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 30 ‘This,’ said I, ‘is the plea of intellectual Sybarites.’ B. adj. = sybaritic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective] Latinc1400 Latian1598 sybarite1599 Messapian1608 Faliscan1686 Peucetiana1734 sybaritic1786 Iapygian1864 Venetian1866 Atestine1931 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious Sardanapalical1555 Cleopatrical1597 sybarite1599 silkena1616 sybariticala1617 sybaritic1619 sybaritican1623 sybaritish1631 sybarital1839 Sardanapalian1863 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > ancient parts > relating to Greek city in Italy sybarite1599 sybaritan1607 sybaritic1786 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 36 Hydra herring will haue euery thing Sybarite dainty, where he lays knife aboord. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 227 So great is the poyson of the Sibarite Scorpion, that the dung thereof beeing trode vppon, breedeth vlcers. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 22 These Sybarite-Ambassadours. 1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 43 The Sybarite horses began to dance. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 399 This Sybarite indulgence..does not seem to have impaired the martial spirit of the nobles. 1897 A. C. Gunter Ballyho Bey xv. 178 Irene Vannos, even as she fans her sybarite mistress, falls fainting on the deck. Derivatives ˈsybarism n. sybaritism. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > excessive or effeminate sybaritism1840 sybarism1889 1889 B. Whitby Awakening Mary Fenwick II. vii. 169 I am ashamed of your selfish sybarism! ˈsybarist n. a sybarite. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously > excessive or effeminate sybarite1623 sybarista1651 a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xvii. 189 The soft Sybariste..complain'd in the morning of his wearinesse. ˈsybarital adj. sybaritic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious Sardanapalical1555 Cleopatrical1597 sybarite1599 silkena1616 sybariticala1617 sybaritic1619 sybaritican1623 sybaritish1631 sybarital1839 Sardanapalian1863 1839 J. E. Reade Deluge 149 Soft abandonment to ease, reclining In Sybarital luxury. † sybaritan adj. [Latin Sybarītānus] Obsolete = sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > ancient parts > relating to Greek city in Italy sybarite1599 sybaritan1607 sybaritic1786 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 310 Whereupon the Sibaritan horsses came running & dancing among their aduersaries. † sybaritan n. [Latin Sybarītānus] Obsolete = sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun] Albana1387 Latina1398 Venetian1432 Picentine1598 sybarite1598 Faliscan1600 Picene1601 sybaritan1608 Picenian1610 Peucetian1615 Pompeian1654 Praenestine1683 Iapygian1773 Messapian1773 Atestine1924 Cumaean1931 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 118 That speech of the Sibaritans, concerning the Lacedæmonians austerer kind of living. ˈsybaritish adj. (also erroneous sabaritish) sybaritic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious Sardanapalical1555 Cleopatrical1597 sybarite1599 silkena1616 sybariticala1617 sybaritic1619 sybaritican1623 sybaritish1631 sybarital1839 Sardanapalian1863 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature v. 32 That abound in all Asian luxuries, and more than Sabaritish delights. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 73 All this is but out of a Sybaritish ridiculous daintiness. 1821 Examiner 253/1 Sybaritish enjoyment. 1883 W. E. Norris No New Thing II. xiii. 4 We sit..hugging ourselves in a sybaritish contentment. ˈsybaritism n. sybaritic habits or practices, effeminate voluptuousness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > excessive or effeminate sybaritism1840 sybarism1889 1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxvii It is quite a mistake to imagine Sybaritism did not commence in England till the reign of Charles the Second, when it was rather at its climax. 1870 Echo 9 Nov. Modern Republics like ancient Carthage swim in gold and sybaritism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1598
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