EPICUREAN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) epicurean is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

EPICUREAN as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • furnishing gratification of the senses
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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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  2. Meaning
    • devoted to pleasure
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a hedonic thrill
    • lives of unending hedonistic delight
    • epicurean pleasures
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  3. Meaning
    • of Epicurus or epicureanism
    Usage Example(s)
    • Epicurean philosophy
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