Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 11, 2015-- sybarite

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Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 11, 2015-- sybarite

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

sybarite [ sib-uh-rahyt]

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noun

1. (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
2. an inhabitant of Sybaris.

Origin: C16: from Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Subaritēs inhabitant of Sybaris:

"person devoted to pleasure," 1610s (implied in Sybaritical), literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.

Related forms

sybaritic (ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk), (rare) sybaritical, adjective
sybaritically, adverb
sybaritism [sib-uh-rahy-tiz-uh m], noun

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Sybarites like the Clintons and Obamas have found the peripheral trappings of the Presidency much to their liking.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Another cold morning in the northeast. Warm up and hand in some sentences.

[MrB]

Is that your brother?

Yep, that’s my sybarite!

[xsmommy]

sybarite is my birthstone : )

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

That's my sib, all right. Good pun.

[xsmommy]

The sybaritic First Cow maligns a dinner staple of the masses who don't have her income or chefs.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+

It does sound like a semi-precious stone. (Or, in your case, precious.)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++ for your real entry.

[SoothingDave]

from Greek Subaritēs

That explains Subaru, I guess. Except the complete opposite of luxury and pleasure. ;-)

[NeoCaveman]

I’m not surprised the Greeks came up with this word as they are sbarites. To paraphrase the late Margaret Thatcher “the problem with the EU is that sooner or later you run out of German people’s money”

[randita]

The Bush family has a plethora of sybaritic friends who will be dining with Jeb this weekend for the mere pittance of $100K.

[randita]

Re: Subaru.

My understanding is that the Japanese word Subaru is their name for the constellation commonly knows as the “Seven Sisters”. Their logo is a clump of stars. Whether or not that has any relation to the word of the day is an interesting thought.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A

Subaru takes the "fun" out of "functional." Spelled backwards, it's UR A BUS.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Warm-weather people tend to be more sybaritic then the cold-weather “folks” (as Barry calls people.)

[secret garden]

This sybarite does not even belong at a prayer breakfast.

[secret garden]

Hey Truthy, is the howjsay site working for you today? I can’t get it to talk.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Good link.
Howjsay is working fine here.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

Money is the bane of politics.

[SoothingDave]

I did not know that. Subarus are good for their all wheel drive and ruggedness. But not for luxury.

[xsmommy]

I support the BIB.