Mr. Natural, Crumb's bearded guru is too unapologetic to be called a con man. Despite his renunciation of the material world, he's an unrepentant sybarite. --Wikipedia, R.Crumb.
furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
Someone who has a sybaritic way of life spends a lot of time relaxing in a luxurious way. wanting or enjoying expensive pleasures and comforts (Sybariticus, from Sybaris ancient Italian city whose people lived in great wealth and comfort)
Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate
sybarite
Hyphenation
syb·a·rite
Pronunciation
Etymology
[ 'si-b&-"rIt ] (noun.) circa 1555. From Latin Sybarita Ancient Greek Συβαρίτης (Subaritēs, “inhabitant of Subaris”) Σύβαρις (Subaris, “Sybaris (an ancient Greek city in southeastern Italy noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants)”)