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EPICUREAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Synonyms:
bon vivant; epicure; epicurean; foodie; gastronome; gourmet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epicurean" is a kind of...):
sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)
Derivation:
epicurean (devoted to pleasure)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Example:
a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
Synonyms:
epicurean; luxuriant; luxurious; sybaritic; voluptuary; voluptuous
Classified under:
Similar:
indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Devoted to pleasure
Example:
epicurean pleasures
Synonyms:
epicurean; hedonic; hedonistic
Classified under:
Similar:
indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)
Derivation:
epicure; epicurean (a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of Epicurus or epicureanism
Example:
Epicurean philosophy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
epicureanism (a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers)
Epicurus (Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC))
