epicure
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
Archaic. a person dedicated to sensual enjoyment.
Origin of epicure
1Other words for epicure
Opposites for epicure
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How to use epicure in a sentence
Those who saw the pyramids of choice wild fowl imagined that the entertainment had been prepared for fifty epicures at the least.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt is true he tastes slightly of formid acid, but that is just the flavour that epicures admire.
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidHe made rarebits and deviled things with an air that had been handed down from generations of epicures.
The Gay Cockade | Temple BaileyEpicures vaunting their taste, entitle me vulgar and savage, Give them their Brussels-sprouts, but I am contented with cabbage.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace ThackerayThe first is considered the best as an article of food, in which capacity it is well known to most epicures.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. Audubon
British Dictionary definitions for epicure
/ (ˈɛpɪˌkjʊə) /
a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink; gourmet
a person devoted to sensual pleasures
Origin of epicure
1Derived forms of epicure
- epicurism, noun
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