Meaning of EPICUREAN
| Pronunciation: | | `epikyûu'reeun, `epukyû'reeun
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- [n] a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures"
- [adj] of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy"
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| | Synonyms: | | bon vivant, epicure, gastronome, gourmet, hedonic, hedonistic, indulgent, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous |
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| | See Also: | | sensualist | |
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\Ep`i*cu*re"an\ (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. ?: cf.
['e]picurien.]
1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. ``The
sect Epicurean.'' --Milton.
2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious;
pertaining to good eating.
Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes.
--Prescott.
{Epicurean philosophy}. See {Atomic philosophy}, under
{Atomic}.
\Ep`i*cu*re"an\, n.
1. A follower or Epicurus.
2. One given to epicurean indulgence.
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