The city of Lyctos in Crete forbade any Epicurean to enter it under penalty of the most frightful tortures.
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Epicurean
//ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩//
Synonyms for "epicurean" (142 found)
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criticcyrenaicdilettantedissipateddissoluteeclecticempiricaleroticeudaemonicexistentialexpertfleshlyfun-lovinggluttongood judgegourmandgourmethedonicheliogabalusidealistic
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24 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِبِيقُورِيّ adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- إِبِيقُورِيّ noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Czech
2 entries- epikurejský adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epikurejec noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Dutch
4 entries- epicurisch adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epicuristisch adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epicureeër noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
- epicurist noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Finnish
2 entries- epikurolainen adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epikurolainen noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
German
3 entries- epikureisch adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- Epikureer noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
- Epikureerin noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Middle French
2 entries- Epicurien adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- Epicurien noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Old Armenian
2 entries- եպիկուրայք noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
- եպիկուրեանք noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Portuguese
3 entries- epicureu adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epicuriano adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- epicureu noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
Russian
2 entries- эпикуре́йский adj (relating to Epicurus or his philosophy)
- эпикуре́ец noun (a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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