'Epicurean' definitions:
Definition of 'Epicurean'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy"
adjective
Devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" [syn: hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean]
adjective
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]
noun
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie]
Definition of 'Epicurean'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating. [1913 Webster]
- Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Epicurean'
From: GCIDE
- Epicurean \Ep`i*cu*re"an\, n.
- 1. A follower or Epicurus. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One given to epicurean indulgence. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'epicurean'
From: Hitchcock
- Epicurean, follower of Epicurus, i.e., of one who gives assistance
Synonyms of 'epicurean'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amateur,
- appetitive,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- authority,
- bent on pleasure,
- bon vivant,
- carnal,
- carpet knight,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- critic,
- Cyrenaic,
- dilettante,
- dissipated,
- dissolute,
- epicure,
- eudaemonic,
- expert,
- fun-loving,
- gluttonous,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- Heliogabalus,
- immoderate,
- intemperate,
- judge,
- libidinous,
- luscious,
- lush,
- luxurious,
- luxury-loving,
- maven,
- orgiastic,
- overindulgent,
- piggish,
- pleasure-bent,
- pleasure-loving,
- pleasure-seeker,
- pleasure-seeking,
- porcine,
- refined palate,
- Sardanapalus,
- self-indulgent,
- sensual,
- sensualist,
- sensuist,
- swine,
- swinish,
- sybarite,
- sybaritic,
- unchaste,
- unconfined,
- unrestrained,
- virtuoso,
- voluptuary,
- voluptuous,
- wild