adjective. Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.

adjective. Suited to the tastes of an epicure.

adjective. Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.

noun. A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living; an epicure.

noun. A follower of Epicurus.

Of, pertaining to, or founded by Epicurus, the Greek philosopher; relating to the doctrines of Epicurus.

[cap. or lowercase] Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure as the chief good.

[lowercase] Given to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; of luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking; fond of good living.

[lowercase] Contributing to the pleasures of the table; fit for an epicure.

noun. A follower of Epicurus, the great sensualistic philosopher of antiquity (341-270 b. c.), who founded a school at Athens about 307 b. c.

noun. [cap. or lowercase] A votary of pleasure, or one who pursues the pleasures of sense as the chief good; one who is fond of good living; a person of luxurious tastes, especially in eating and drinking; a gourmet; an epicure.

adjective. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.

adjective. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.

adjective. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

noun. A follower or Epicurus.

noun. One given to epicurean indulgence.

adjective. pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort

adjective. devoted to luxurious living

noun. one who is devoted to pleasure

adjective. of Epicurus or epicureanism

adjective. devoted to pleasure

noun. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

adjective. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

"Lord A---- has tasted all the _nouveaux plats à la mode_, for at Paris new dishes are as frequently invented as new bonnets or caps; and the proficiency in the culinary art which he has acquired will render him an oracle at his clubs, until the more recent arrival of some other epicurean from the French capital deposes his brief sovereignty."

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