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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)play

Synonyms:

bon vivant; epicure; epicurean; foodie; gastronome; gourmet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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 sensesplay

Example:

a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness

Synonyms:

epicurean; luxuriant; luxurious; sybaritic; voluptuary; voluptuous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Devoted to pleasureplay

Example:

epicurean pleasures

Synonyms:

epicurean; hedonic; hedonistic

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 epicureanismplay

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))

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