Epicure \Ep"i*cure\, n. [L. Epicurus, Gr. ?, a famous Greek
philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as
teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.]
1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments,
esp. to the luxuries of the table.
Syn: Voluptuary; sensualist.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
epicure
n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
good food and drink) [syn: gourmet, gastronome, bon
vivant, epicurean, foodie]
WordNet (r) 2.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "epicure":
Brillat-Savarin, Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Lucullus, Sardanapalus,
aesthete, amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste,
authority, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal,
carnivore, carpet knight, cognoscente, collector, connaisseur,
connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer, critic, dilettante,
diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicurean, expert, feeder,
flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist,
glutton, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore,
granivore, hedonist, herbivore, high liver, hungry mouth, judge,
lactovegetarian, luncher, man-eater, maven, meat-eater, mouth,
omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker,
plant-eater, pleasure-seeker, predacean, refined palate,
sensualist, sensuist, swine, sybarite, trencherman, vegetarian,
virtuoso, voluptuary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who,
holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time
in gratification from the senses.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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