Epicurean
[,ɛpɪkjʊ'riən]
Definition
(adj.) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; '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 lavishness' .
(adj.) of Epicurus or epicureanism; 'Epicurean philosophy' .
Checker: Sylvia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.
(a.) Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
(n.) A follower or Epicurus.
(n.) One given to epicurean indulgence.
Typist: Virginia
Examples
- Seneca was a Stoic, as Lucretius was an Epicurean, moralist. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- You're an Epicurean like myself, I see: you don't want to see all those goddesses gobbling terrapin. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The Epicurean was determined to make Humanity go its way without cringing to capricious gods and without sacrificing Free-Will. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Stoics and Epicureans, so far apart at first sight, were very similar in their ultimate aim. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both, indeed, gave themselves to some science--the Epicureans to physics, the Stoics to logic and rhetoric--but only as a means to an end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Lesley