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epicurean

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epicurean in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
    epicure  gourmet  gastronome  bon vivant  epicurean  foodie 
adjective
  1. 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"
    epicurean  luxurious  luxuriant  sybaritic  voluptuary  voluptuous 
  2. devoted to pleasure
    "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures"
    hedonic  hedonistic  epicurean 
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