Epicurean

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Epicurean, follower of Epicurus, i.e., of one who gives assistance