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

  1. ‘Forget purported health benefits of vegetarian meals
  2. this is a dish for voluptuaries.’
  3. ‘We despise and abhor the bully
  4. the brawler
  5. the oppressor
  6. whether in private or public life
  7. but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary.’
  8. ‘These aren't matter-of-fact troopers following orders
  9. but sadistic voluptuaries
  10. smacking their lips in satisfaction while doing a job that's fun.’
  11. ‘The novel's Italians are listless voluptuaries
  12. its Germans are dedicated and earnest
  13. its nuns are whores or maniacs and its censors are libidinously thrilled by the material they censor.’
  14. ‘What eluded him was why the music appealed to anyone other than sentimental voluptuaries corrupted by Victorianism and what made it unique to Brahms.’
  15. ‘The dancer makes her a voluptuary from the start
  16. selling her soul for pleasure.’
  17. ‘They were so at home that a complaint was sent to the East India Company headquarters
  18. ‘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.’’
  19. ‘The 1963 cult film classic introduced a cast of campy and erotic voluptuaries
  20. some of them drag queens
  21. in a series of beautiful and delirious tableaus.’
  22. ‘A massive nude such as Seated Woman is less constrained by social identity than the businessmen
  23. yet her stilted and impassive air suggests not a voluptuary but a studio model.’
  24. ‘She defies all convention by playing the character not as some swaggering voluptuary but as a gracious
  25. humane woman whose mission is to prevent her daughter repeating her mistakes.’
  26. ‘A display cabinet of ornaments
  27. including a china voluptuary bathing in something foamy
  28. is to become a particular favourite.’