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Webster 1913 Edition
Epicurism
Ep′i-cu-rism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
épicurisme
.] 1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.
2.
Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
Webster 1828 Edition
Epicurism
EP'ICURISM
,Noun.
1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.Definition 2024
epicurism
epicurism
English
Noun
epicurism (countable and uncountable, plural epicurisms)
- 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.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 4, chapter IV, Captains of Industry