epicurean
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/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/
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/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/ · /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/ · /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/ · /ˌɛpɪkjʊəˈɹiːən/(UK) · /ˌɛpɪkjʊˈɹiːən/(US) · /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊɹiən/(US)
Definition of epicurean
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
“The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.”
“Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.”
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adj
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Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
“The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.”
“Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.”
- Devoted to luxurious living.
- Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.
noun
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One who is devoted to pleasure.
“I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way.”
“Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.”
- a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).
Words you can make from epicurean
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27 words- APERCU 10 pts
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