voluptuary
vo·lup·tu·a·ry/vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/noun, adjective
voluptuary is spelled V-O-L-U-P-T-U-A-R-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables (vo·lup·tu·a·ry). It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, voluptuary means “One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of voluptuary is voluptuaries.
How many letters and syllables are in voluptuary?
| Letters | 10: V-O-L-U-P-T-U-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: vo·lup·tu·a·ry |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is voluptuary?
Voluptuary appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce voluptuary?
- UK /vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/
- UK /vəˈlʌptʃʊɹi/
- UK /vəˈlʌptʃɹi/
Voluptuary has 5 syllables, split vo·lup·tu·a·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-voluptuary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of voluptuary
- voluptuaries plural
- more voluptuary comparative
- most voluptuary superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does voluptuary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does voluptuary come from?
From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin voluptārius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from voluptās (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Voluptās is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).