syb·a·rit·ic
(s b  -rt k)
adj.
1. Devoted to or marked by pleasure and luxury.
2. Sybaritic Of or relating to Sybaris or its
people.
Syb
a·riti·cal·ly
adv. |
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Mom's more spartan than sybaritic, so her nickname won't be sybaritic Sylvia, even though it's so nicely alliterative.
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