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Webster 1913 Edition


Epicurism

Ep′i-cu-rism

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
épicurisme
.]
1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.
2.
Epicurean habits of living; luxury.

Webster 1828 Edition


Epicurism

EP'ICURISM

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Noun.
Luxury; sensual enjoyments; indulgence in gross pleasure; voluptuousness.
1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.

Definition 2024


epicurism

epicurism

English

Noun

epicurism (countable and uncountable, plural epicurisms)

  1. Epicureanism
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 4, chapter IV, Captains of Industry
      Deep-hidden under wretchedest god-forgetting Cants, Epicurisms, Dead-Sea Apisms; forgotten as under foulest fat Lethe mud and weeds, there is yet, in all hearts born into this God’s-World, a spark of the Godlike slumbering.