Lexicon

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Sybaritic

a.

  1. Devoted to or marked by pleasure and luxury
  2. Of or relating to the Ancient Greek city of Sybaris or its people

n.

sybarite

[“The Seacoast of Despair” from Slouching Towards Bethlehem — Joan Didion]

Sycorax

Proper noun
  1. A natural satellite of the planet Uranus
OriginNamed after Caliban’s mother in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.

Syncretic

a.

(n. syncretism)

  1. the combination of different forms of belief or practice
  2. uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion

[Jacket copy for The Saviors of God by Nikos Kazantzakis]