About The Voluptuary

The Voluptuary was founded in 2008 by Melissa Harvison with the intention of purveying a source of unsolicited fashion and beauty advice, literary and film commentary, culinary counsel and everything else involved in a lifetime pursuit of aesthetic sensibility and enjoyment of the richness of life. 

 

vo·lup·tu·ar·y    /vəˈlʌptʃuˌɛri/ [vuh-luhp-choo-er-ee] noun, plural -ar·ies, adjective

–noun

1.	a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.

–adjective

2.	of, pertaining to, or characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary tastes.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < LL voluptuārius, L voluptārius pertaining to (sensual) pleasure, equiv. to volupt(ās) pleasure + -ārius -ary; for -u- see voluptuous]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

 

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