EPICUREAN

• (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

  synonyms : bon vivant , epicure , foodie , gastronome , gourmet

  I was a renowed epicure of food & drink. -added by priyavanjeri

  The wedding hall was epicurean. -added by priyavanjeri

  food critics have to be gourmets in order to write about food in an informed way -added by nithi

• (adj.) of Epicurus or epicureanism

  "Epicurean philosophy"

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : luxuriant , luxurious , sybaritic , voluptuary , voluptuous
  
  -tagged by Administrator
  Voluptuous flowers

• (adj.) devoted to pleasure

  "a hedonic thrill", "lives of unending hedonistic delight", "epicurean pleasures"

  synonyms : hedonic , hedonistic

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