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epicurean

 
Dictionary: ep·i·cu·re·an   (ĕp'ĭ-kyʊ-rē'ən, -kyʊr'ē-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.
  2. Suited to the tastes of an epicure: an epicurean repast.
  3. Epicurean Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.
n.
  1. A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living; an epicure.
  2. Epicurean A follower of Epicurus.

[Middle English Epicurien, from Epicure. See epicure.]


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adjective

  1. Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle: hedonic, hedonistic, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous. See pain/pleasure.
  2. Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification: sensual, sensualistic, sensuous, voluptuous. See pain/pleasure.

noun

    A person devoted to pleasure and luxury: epicure, hedonist, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary. See pain/pleasure.

Antonyms: epicurean
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adj

Definition: hedonistic
Antonyms: puritanical

n

Definition: hedonist
Antonyms: puritan


WordNet: epicurean
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
  Synonyms: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant


The adjective epicurean has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: devoted to pleasure
  Synonyms: hedonic, hedonistic

Meaning #2: furnishing gratification of the senses
  Synonyms: luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous


 
 
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