遊ゆう冶や郎ろう

noun

libertine; man of pleasure

Rare literary term for a man devoted to sensual pleasures, especially in the pleasure quarters. Modern Japanese would more often use 遊び人 or 道楽者.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう冶や郎ろうは、吉よし原わらで夜よごと遊あそび暮くらしたという。

  It is said that libertines of the Edo period spent their nights enjoying themselves in Yoshiwara.