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adj
Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Cyrenaic, hedonistic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Devoted to luxurious living.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: decadent, epicurious, sybaritic, Babylonian, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, lotus-eating, luxurious, naughty, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sybarite, sybaritical, voluptuarian, voluptuary
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adj
Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, lotus-eating, luxurious, naughty, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritical, voluptuarian, voluptuary
noun
One who is devoted to pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pleasure seeker, hedonist, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasurist, sensualist, softling, sybarite, voluptuarian, voluptuary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist, sensualist, softling, sybarite, voluptuarian, voluptuary
adjective
of Epicurus or epicureanism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
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adjective satellite
devoted to pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hedonic, hedonistic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, foodie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sensualist
History
From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).
From Old French Epicurien, from Latin Epicureus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπικούρειος (Epikoúreios, “Epicurean”), from Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros, “Epicurus”) + -ειος (-eios, “-ey: forming adjectives”).
Across languages
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