epicurus

1. 1.

   Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)

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Other forms of epicurus

plural

epicuruses·

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.

Questions about epicurus

What does epicurus mean?

epicurus means "Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)".

How many syllables are in epicurus?

epicurus has 4 syllables: e-pi-cu-rus. The stress falls on "pi".

Is epicurus a common word?

epicurus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.