"epicurean" meaning in All languages combined

See epicurean on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/ [General-American], /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-epicurean.ogg Forms: more epicurean [comparative], most epicurean [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːən Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”). Head templates: {{en-adj}} epicurean (comparative more epicurean, superlative most epicurean)
  1. Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort. Synonyms: Cyrenaic, hedonistic
    Sense id: en-epicurean-en-adj-ohu4fK5F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Personality Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 32 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 31 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 30 24 Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0 0
  2. Devoted to luxurious living.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epicureanize, epicurious, unepicurean

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/ [General-American], /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-epicurean.ogg Forms: epicureans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːən Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} epicurean (plural epicureans)
  1. One who is devoted to pleasure.
    Sense id: en-epicurean-en-noun-nN5U0IK9 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100 Synonyms: pleasure seeker, hedonist, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling [archaic, derogatory], lotus-eater [figuratively], pleasure seeker, pleasurist, sensualist, softling [archaic], sybarite, voluptuarian, voluptuary

Adjective [Romanian]

Head templates: {{ro-adj}} epicurean m or n (feminine singular epicureană, masculine plural epicureni, feminine and neuter plural epicurene) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: epicureană [feminine, singular], epicureni [masculine, plural], epicurene [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], epicurean [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], epicureană [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], epicureni [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, plural], epicurene [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], epicureanul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], epicureana [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], epicurenii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], epicurenele [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], epicurene [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], epicureanului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], epicurenei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], epicurenilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], epicurenelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. Obsolete form of epicurian. Tags: alt-of, masculine, neuter, obsolete Alternative form of: epicurian
    Sense id: en-epicurean-ro-adj-dspkXf07 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "epicureanize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "epicurious"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unepicurean"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more epicurean",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most epicurean",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean (comparative more epicurean, superlative most epicurean)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧i‧cu‧re‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 32 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 31 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 30 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              247,
              256
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267:",
          "text": "The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 61:",
          "text": "Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort."
      ],
      "id": "en-epicurean-en-adj-ohu4fK5F",
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Cyrenaic"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedonistic"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Devoted to luxurious living."
      ],
      "id": "en-epicurean-en-adj-ReUDT~74",
      "links": [
        [
          "Devoted",
          "devoted"
        ],
        [
          "luxurious",
          "luxurious"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "decadent"
        },
        {
          "word": "epicurious"
        },
        {
          "word": "sybaritic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "Babylonian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "decadent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicureal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicurean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicureous"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicurish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "hedonic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "hedonistic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "intemperate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "lotus-eating"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "luxurious"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "self-indulgent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sensualistic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sinful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybarite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybaritic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybaritical"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "voluptuarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "voluptuary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-epicurean.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg/En-us-epicurean.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Epicureanism"
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epicureans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean (plural epicureans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧i‧cu‧re‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              136,
              146
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems, page 22:",
          "text": "I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who is devoted to pleasure."
      ],
      "id": "en-epicurean-en-noun-nN5U0IK9",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pleasure seeker"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedonist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "bon viveur"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "epicure"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "epicurean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "hedonist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "high-stepper"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "lapling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "lotus-eater"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "pleasure seeker"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "pleasurist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "sensualist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "softling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "sybarite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "voluptuarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "voluptuary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-epicurean.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg/En-us-epicurean.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Epicureanism"
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epicureană",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureni",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureană",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureanul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureanului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean m or n (feminine singular epicureană, masculine plural epicureni, feminine and neuter plural epicurene)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "epicurian"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of epicurian."
      ],
      "id": "en-epicurean-ro-adj-dspkXf07",
      "links": [
        [
          "epicurian",
          "epicurian#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːən",
    "Rhymes:English/iːən/5 syllables",
    "en:People",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "epicureanize"
    },
    {
      "word": "epicurious"
    },
    {
      "word": "unepicurean"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more epicurean",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most epicurean",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean (comparative more epicurean, superlative most epicurean)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧i‧cu‧re‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              247,
              256
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267:",
          "text": "The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 61:",
          "text": "Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Cyrenaic"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedonistic"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Devoted to luxurious living."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Devoted",
          "devoted"
        ],
        [
          "luxurious",
          "luxurious"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "decadent"
        },
        {
          "word": "epicurious"
        },
        {
          "word": "sybaritic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "Babylonian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "decadent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicureal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicurean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicureous"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "epicurish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "hedonic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "hedonistic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "intemperate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "lotus-eating"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "luxurious"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "self-indulgent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sensualistic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sinful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybarite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybaritic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "sybaritical"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "voluptuarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hedonistic",
          "word": "voluptuary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-epicurean.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg/En-us-epicurean.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Epicureanism"
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːən",
    "Rhymes:English/iːən/5 syllables",
    "en:People",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epicureans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean (plural epicureans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧i‧cu‧re‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              136,
              146
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems, page 22:",
          "text": "I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who is devoted to pleasure."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pleasure seeker"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedonist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "bon viveur"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "epicure"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "epicurean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "hedonist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "high-stepper"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "lapling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "lotus-eater"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "pleasure seeker"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "pleasurist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "sensualist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "softling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "sybarite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "voluptuarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sensualist",
          "word": "voluptuary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-epicurean.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg/En-us-epicurean.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-epicurean.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Epicureanism"
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epicureană",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureni",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureană",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureanul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicureanului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epicurenelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epicurean m or n (feminine singular epicureană, masculine plural epicureni, feminine and neuter plural epicurene)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "epicurian"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of epicurian."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "epicurian",
          "epicurian#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "epicurean"
}

Download raw JSONL data for epicurean meaning in All languages combined (9.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "epicurean"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "epicurean",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "epicurean"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "epicurean",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "epicurean"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "epicurean",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "epicurean"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "epicurean",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.