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say it: ep-uh-kyuu-REE-uhn
epicurean is an adjective and noun meaning "of Epicurus or epicureanism". It carries 4 recorded senses.
of Epicurus or epicureanism
“Epicurean philosophy”
devoted to pleasure
“a hedonic thrill”
“lives of unending hedonistic delight”
“epicurean pleasures”
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
“an epicurean banquet”
“enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs”
“Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence”
“a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness”
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for epicurean come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.