Epicurean

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {epicurean}]
    3: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to 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: {epicurean},
       {luxurious}, {luxuriant}, {sybaritic}, {voluptuary},
       {voluptuous}]
    n 1: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
         good food and drink) [syn: {epicure}, {gourmet},
         {gastronome}, {bon vivant}, {epicurean}, {foodie}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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 Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

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

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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