Definitions for: Epicurean


[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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, gastronome, gourmet, hedonic, hedonistic, indulgent, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous

See Also: sensualist

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