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Sensualist

One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Bisexual 76% connected

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

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Bon vivant 76% connected

A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

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Epicure 76% connected

A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.

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Epicurean 76% connected

Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.

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Erotic 76% connected

Alt. of Erotical

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Gastronome 76% connected

Alt. of Gastronomer

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Gourmet 76% connected

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

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Pagan 76% connected

One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.

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Sybarite 76% connected

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

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Voluptuary 76% connected

A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.

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Wanton 76% connected

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

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Sensuality 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxu…

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Sensuality 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxu…

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