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Webster 1913 Edition


Epicure

Ep′i-cure

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Noun.
[L.
Epicurus
, Gr. [GREEK], a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.]
1.
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. – Voluptuary; sensualist.

Webster 1828 Edition


Epicure

EP'ICURE

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Noun.
[L. epicurus, a voluptuary, from Epicurus.]
Properly, a follower of Epicurus; a man devoted to sensual enjoyments; hence, one who indulges in the luxuries of the table. [The word is now used only or chiefly in the latter sense.

Definition 2024


Épicure

Épicure

See also: epicure

French

Proper noun

Épicure m

  1. Epicurus