Past Words of the Day

Voluptuary: \vuh_LUP_choo_er_ee\ n: 1. One who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites; a sensualist. Colette used to begin her day's writing by first picking fleas from her cat, and it's not hard to imagine how the methodical stroking and probing into fur might have focused such a voluptuary's mind. Email this word of the day to a friend!