what does epicurean mean?
EPICUREAN as NOUN
- Meaning
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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Hypernyms(s) epicurean is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
EPICUREAN as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- furnishing gratification of the senses
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- 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 lavishnes
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- a hedonic thrill
- lives of unending hedonistic delight
- epicurean pleasures
Similar To
- Meaning
- of Epicurus or epicureanism
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