apolaustic

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπολαυστικός (apolaustikós, “enjoyable”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæpəˈlɔːstɪk/
Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk

Adjective

apolaustic (comparative more apolaustic, superlative most apolaustic)

(formal) Dedicated to enjoyment.
- 1967 C. P. Snow, Foreword to G. H. Hardy A Mathematician's Apology, Cambridge University Press:
  When Trinity put him up in college—within four years he became a Fellow—there was no ‘Alan St. Aubyn’ apolausticity for him at all.

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