epicure
epi·cure (ep′i kyo̵or′)
noun
- a person who enjoys and has a discriminating taste for fine foods and drinks
- Archaic a person who is especially fond of luxury and sensuous pleasure
Etymology: < L Epicurus < Gr Epikouros: see Epicurus
epicure
n.
an epicure is a person who has a highly refined taste for fine foods and drinks and takes great pleasure in indulging it; a gourmet is a connoisseur in eating and drinking who appreciates subtle differences in flavor or quality; gourmand, occasionally equivalent to gourmet, is more often applied to a person who has a hearty liking for good food or one who is inclined to eat to excess; a gastronome is an expert in all phases of the art or science of good eating; a glutton is a greedy, voracious eater and drinker
Possessives
- delight: I'm California Dreamin ' with every scrumptious bite, packed with juicy raisins - an epicure's delight!
Adjective modifier
- abstemious: His daily living being very plain, he had a peculiar taste for sudden and isolated luxuries; he was an abstemious epicure.
Serenely full, the epicure would say, 'Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today.'
Browse dictionary entries near epicure
- Epictetus
- epicritic
- epicranium
- epicotyl
- epicenter
- epicene
- epicedium
- epicarp
- epicardium
- epicanthus
- Epicurean
- Epicureanism
- epicurism
- Epicurus
- epicycle
- epicyclic train
- epicycloid
- epicycloidal gear
- Epidamnus
- epideictic
