epicurean

epicurean
adj
1. sybaritic, sensual, carnal, voluptuous; orgiastic, wild, unrestrained; self-indulgent, intemperate, free-living, Saturnalian.
2. dissolute, licentious, libertine, lascivious, debauched, dissipated, wasted; concupiscent, prurient, libidinous, salacious; beastly, bestial, swinish, porcine, piggish; drunken, bibulous, sottish, crapulous, gluttonous, Bacchanalian.
3. refined, cultivated, polished, cultured, civilized, well-bred, genteel, courtly; pampered, indulged; finished, fine, urbane; aesthetic, tasteful, in good taste, graceful, delicate, exquisite; noble, gentle, pure.
4. meticulous, punctilious, discriminating, fastidious; overscrupulous, overcritical; formal, proper, dainty, strict, overnice; squeamish, fussy, finicking, finicky.
n
5. voluptuary, sensualist, Fr. bon vivant, Inf. high liver, sybarite, epicure. See epicure(defs.1, 2).

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  • Epicurean — Ep i*cu*re an (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. ?: cf. [ e]picurien.] 1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. The sect Epicurean. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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