Epicurean \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.
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2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious;
pertaining to good eating.
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Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes.
--Prescott.
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Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under
Atomic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Epicurean \Ep`i*cu*re"an\, n.
1. A follower or Epicurus.
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2. One given to epicurean indulgence.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Epicurean
adj 1: of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy"
2: devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending
hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" [syn: hedonic,
hedonistic]
3: 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" [syn: luxurious,
sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]
n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome,
bon vivant, foodie]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "epicurean":
Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Sardanapalus, amateur, appetitive, arbiter,
arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority,
bent on pleasure, bon vivant, carnal, carpet knight, cognoscente,
collector, connaisseur, connoisseur, crapulent, crapulous, critic,
dilettante, dissipated, dissolute, epicure, eudaemonic, expert,
fun-loving, gluttonous, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, hedonic,
hedonist, hedonistic, immoderate, intemperate, judge, libidinous,
luscious, lush, luxurious, luxury-loving, maven, orgiastic,
overindulgent, piggish, pleasure-bent, pleasure-loving,
pleasure-seeker, pleasure-seeking, porcine, refined palate,
self-indulgent, sensual, sensualist, sensuist, swine, swinish,
sybarite, sybaritic, unchaste, unconfined, unrestrained, virtuoso,
voluptuary, voluptuous, wild
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Epicurean, follower of Epicurus, i.e., of one who gives assistance
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
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