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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);
[syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of Epicurus or epicureanism;
- Example: "Epicurean philosophy"

2. devoted to pleasure;
- Example: "a hedonic thrill"
- Example: "lives of unending hedonistic delight"
- Example: "epicurean pleasures"
[syn: hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean]

3. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;
- Example: "an epicurean banquet"
- Example: "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
- Example: "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"
- Example: "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
[syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]


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

Epicurean \Ep`i*cu*re"an\, n. 1. A follower or Epicurus. [1913 Webster] 2. One given to epicurean indulgence. [1913 Webster]
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]
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
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

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