epicure
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ep·i·cure
(ĕp′ĭ-kyo͝or′)n.
1. A person with refined taste, especially in food and wine.
2. A person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living.
[Middle English, an Epicurean, from Medieval Latin epicūrus, from Latin Epicūrus, Epicurus, from Greek Epikouros.]
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epicure
(ˈɛpɪˌkjʊə)n
1. a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink; gourmet
2. a person devoted to sensual pleasures
[C16: from Medieval Latin epicūrus, after Epicurus; see Epicurean]
ˈepicurˌism n
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ep•i•cure
(ˈɛp ɪˌkyʊər)n.
1. a person who cultivates a refined taste, esp. in food and wine; connoisseur.
2. Archaic. a person dedicated to sensual enjoyment.
[1555–65; < Latin Epicūrēus (see epicurean)]
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Noun | 1. | epicure - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality |
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epicure
noun gourmet, foodie, glutton, epicurean, hedonist, gourmand, bon vivant (French), gastronome, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary These delicacies will delight gastronomes and epicures.
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epicure
nounA person devoted to pleasure and luxury:
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[ˈepɪkjʊəʳ] N → gastrónomo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
epicure
n → Feinschmecker(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
epicure
[ˈɛpɪkjʊəʳ] n → buongustaio/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995