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epicure

[ ep-i-kyoor ]

noun

  1. a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.

    Synonyms: epicurean, gourmet, gastronome

    Antonyms: ascetic

  2. Archaic. a person dedicated to sensual enjoyment.

    Synonyms: gourmand, sensualist, voluptuary



epicure

/ ˈɛpɪˌkjʊə /

noun

  1. a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink; gourmet
  2. a person devoted to sensual pleasures
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈepicurˌism, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epicure1

1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1555–65 epicure fordef 2; Middle English Epicures, Epicureis Epicureans (plural) < Latin Epicūrēus (singular) ( epicurean )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epicure1

C16: from Medieval Latin epicūrus, after Epicurus; see Epicurean
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Example Sentences

As French epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously put it, “Tell me what you eat: I will tell you what you are.”

Connie is an epicure, a gourmand, a bon vivant, a lover and appreciator of fine food and drink.

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The neighborhood is a treasure trove for the epicure or chef.

It was the French epicure Brillat-Savarin who noted: “I have drawn the following inference, that the limits of pleasure are as yet neither known nor fixed.”

The point is to make food that people want to eat, and these are teenage boys, not epicures.

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