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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epicure \Ep"i*cure\, n. [L. Epicurus, Gr ?, a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.] 1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table. Syn: Voluptuary; sensualist. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epicure n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: {gourmet}, {gastronome}, {bon vivant}, {epicurean}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses
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