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Definition of Epicure
1. Noun. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
Generic synonyms: Sensualist
Derivative terms: Epicurean, Epicurean
Definition of Epicure
1. n. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
Definition of Epicure
1. Noun. A person who is devoted to sensual pleasures or sensuous living. ¹
2. Noun. A person with highly refined tastes in food, wine, music ''et cetera''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epicure
1. a gourmet [n -S] - See also: gourmet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicure
Literary usage of Epicure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"SENSUALIST, VOLUPTUARY, epicure. ... and as far as these pleasures are the
pleasures of sense, the voluptuary is a sensualist : the epicure from ..."
2. English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs (1875)
"What an epicure Eats in his Life-Time. In a life of sixty-five years' duration,,
with a moderate daily allowance of mutton, for instance, an epicure will ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1823)
"... had not been an epicure?" At the same time,, he bade them provide him something
which was to be had without difficulty. That Lucullus was not only ..."
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