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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-i-kyoor
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp ɪˌkyʊər


Définition of epicure

Origin :
  • late 14c., "follower of Epicurus," from Latin Epicurus, from Greek Epicouros (341-270 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher who taught that pleasure is the highest good and identified virtue as the greatest pleasure; the first lesson recalled, the second forgotten, and the name used pejoratively for "one who gives himself up to sensual pleasure" (1560s), especially "glutton, sybarite" (1774). Epicurus' school opposed by stoics, who first gave his name a reproachful sense. Non-pejorative meaning "one who cultivates refined taste in food and drink" is from 1580s.
  • noun gourmet
Example sentences :
  • It was introduced into England as an epicure's dish in the seventeenth century.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Kingozi's methods of eating had in them little of the epicure.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Across the top of its door were painted in gold letters, the words: "The Epicure."
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • I was always an epicure in the matter of love, and knew the best when I found it.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • These are quite an epicure's dish, and care must be taken to cook them slowly.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • Certainly, he mused to himself, his brother was an epicure in love.
  • Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
  • Your book, "The Epicure of Medicine," is worth its weight in gold.
  • Extract from : « Food for the Traveler » by Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel Roper
  • We are told by Chaucer that he was a great householder and an epicure.
  • Extract from : « The Canterbury Puzzles » by Henry Ernest Dudeney
  • The oyster is now a dish for the epicure and the lobster for the millionaire.
  • Extract from : « The Old Coast Road » by Agnes Rothery
  • The epicure always commands the respect of those who serve him.
  • Extract from : « Hushed Up » by William Le Queux

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