Dictionary entry
Well-made
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
ခိုင်ခံ့စွာ ပြုလုပ်ထားသော။ ကိုယ်ကာယ တောင့်တင်းသော။
Definition
voluptuary /vǝ'lʌptʃuǝri; US -ueri/ n ( fml usu derog ) ဇိမ္ယစ္သူ။
Examples
- ‘Forget purported health benefits of vegetarian meals
- this is a dish for voluptuaries.’
- ‘We despise and abhor the bully
- the brawler
- the oppressor
- whether in private or public life
- but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary.’
- ‘These aren't matter-of-fact troopers following orders
- but sadistic voluptuaries
- smacking their lips in satisfaction while doing a job that's fun.’
- ‘The novel's Italians are listless voluptuaries
- its Germans are dedicated and earnest
- its nuns are whores or maniacs and its censors are libidinously thrilled by the material they censor.’
- ‘What eluded him was why the music appealed to anyone other than sentimental voluptuaries corrupted by Victorianism and what made it unique to Brahms.’
- ‘The dancer makes her a voluptuary from the start
- selling her soul for pleasure.’
- ‘They were so at home that a complaint was sent to the East India Company headquarters
- ‘that the household of a Factor bore a stronger resemblance to the harem of some Mussulman voluptuary than to the household of a Christian trader.’’
- ‘The 1963 cult film classic introduced a cast of campy and erotic voluptuaries
- some of them drag queens
- in a series of beautiful and delirious tableaus.’
- ‘A massive nude such as Seated Woman is less constrained by social identity than the businessmen
- yet her stilted and impassive air suggests not a voluptuary but a studio model.’
- ‘She defies all convention by playing the character not as some swaggering voluptuary but as a gracious
- humane woman whose mission is to prevent her daughter repeating her mistakes.’
- ‘A display cabinet of ornaments
- including a china voluptuary bathing in something foamy
- is to become a particular favourite.’