Where does “voluptuary” come from?
Voluptuary derives from French voluptuaire, from Latin voluptuarius, itself from Latin voluptarius, ultimately from Latin voluptas meaning pleasure, formed with the suffix -tas from the root welh₁p-.
voluptuary (English): One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a...
Definitions
- One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a...
Ancestry of “voluptuary”, step by step