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Definitions: Epicurean |
EpicureanAdjective1. Of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy". 2. Devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures". 3. Furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness". Noun1. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Epicurean" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "follower of Epicurus", "i.e.", "of one who gives assistance". |
Date "Epicurean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: EpicureanSynonyms: hedonic (adj), hedonistic (adj), luxurious (adj), sybaritic (adj), voluptuary (adj), voluptuous (adj), bon vivant (n), epicure (n), gastronome (n), gourmet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intemperance | Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical; bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury; indulged, pampered; full-fed, high-fed. |
Sensualist | Noun: Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine; hedonist; tragalist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Epicurean |
| English words defined with "Epicurean": Atomic philosophy ♦ Doctrine of atoms ♦ Epicurean philosophy, Epicureous ♦ luxurious ♦ sybaritic ♦ voluptuary, voluptuous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Epicurean": Epicureans ♦ Kissing the Hand ♦ Pamphyle, Philosophers ♦ SIMON ♦ White Bird. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A platter of fine Pacific oysters - an epicurean delight displayed at Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters.Credit: Fisheries. |
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Economic History | Syria | Zeno of Sidon founded the Epicurean school; Cicero was a pupil of Antiochus of Ascalon at Athens; and the writings of Posidonius of Apamea influenced Livy and Plutarch. (references) |
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| "Epicurean" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epicurean" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Epicurean": Epicurean philosophy. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Epicurean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | epikurean (Epicure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منغمس باللذات, الأبيقوري (epicure), أبيقوري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | епикурейски, епикуреец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 好美食. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | požitkářský (mammonish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | épicurien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | genusssüchtig (hedonistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רו"ף תע ו'ות (hedonist, sybarite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | epikureusi, ínyenc (cognoscente, epicure, feaster, gourmand, gourmet, have a delicate palate, toothsome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epicureo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エ"キュリアン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epicureanay epicurista (gout), gastronômico (gastronomist), gastrónomo (gastronomer, gastronomic, gastronomy). (various references) epicurian (Epicure, sensualist, voluptuary). (various references) эпикурейский. (various references) epikurejski, epikurejac, gurman (epicure, gourmand). (various references) epicúreo (epicure, gourmet). (various references) epikureisk, epikure (Epicure), njutningsmänniska, njutningslysten. (various references) ซึ่งอุทิศให้กับความหรูหราและพิถีพิถันโ"ยเฉพาะการกิน, ซึ่งรู้จักเสพสุขกับชีวิต. (various references) epikür felsefesine ait, epikür felsefesi yanlısı, zevk ve sefaya düşkün, zevk sahibi, yemek ve içkide zevk sahibi kimse. (various references) епікуре"ць. (various references) người theo thuyết E-pi-cua người hưởng lạc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | epicurei. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Epicurean": epicureanism, epicureanisms, epicureans. (additional references) | |
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"Epicurean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epiccurean, epicureas, epicureon, epicurian, eppicurian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Epicurean" (pronounced e'pukyuhrē"un or e'pukyuh"rēun) |
| 3 | -ē" u n | cyclopean, Eon, paean, peon, plebeian, protean. |
| 6 | -y uh" r ē u n | pagurian. |
| 5 | -uh" r ē u n | centurion. |
| 4 | -r ē u n | agrarian, authoritarian, barbarian, carrion, centenarian, Clarion, contrarian, criterion, Cyprian, disciplinarian, egalitarian, equestrian, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, nonsectarian, octogenarian, ovarian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, alien, amphibian, arcadian, bohemian, Campion, chameleon, champion, circadian, collodion, comedian, custodian, draconian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, lesbian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, oblivion, obsidian, Odeon, plutonian, scorpion, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, utopian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-p-r-u" | |
-2 letters: caprine, epicure, eucaine, eupneic, perinea, puranic. | |
-3 letters: anuric, apercu, apiece, apneic, careen, carnie, curiae, eupnea, panier, pereia, piecer, pierce, pincer, prance, prince, punier, purine, rapine, recane, recipe, repine, unciae, unripe, uranic. | |
-4 letters: aerie, areic, arpen, aurei, auric, cairn, caner, caper, carpi, ceria, crane, crape, creep, crepe, cripe, curia, curie, enure, erica, incur, inure. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: epicureans. | |
+3 letters: deuteranopic, epicureanism, inoperculate, precautioned, recuperating, recuperation, repugnancies, supercabinet. | |
+4 letters: epicureanisms, inoperculates, leprechaunish, perpendicular, proteinaceous, recuperations, republicanize, superagencies, supercabinets, unappreciated, uncooperative, unpredictable. | |
+5 letters: conceptualizer, hypermasculine, mercaptopurine, nontherapeutic, perpendiculars, precariousness, preoccupancies, republicanized, republicanizes, supermasculine, unappreciative, undecipherable, unpredictables. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 63 75 72 65 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. .. -.-. ..- .-. . .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01100011 01110101 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i c u r e a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0063 0075 0072 0065 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398275698784716780 |
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