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Webster 1913 Edition
Epicure
Ep′i-cure
,Noun.
[L.
Epicurus
, Gr. [GREEK], a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.] 1.
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. – Voluptuary; sensualist.
Webster 1828 Edition
Epicure
EP'ICURE
,Noun.
Properly, a follower of Epicurus; a man devoted to sensual enjoyments; hence, one who indulges in the luxuries of the table. [The word is now used only or chiefly in the latter sense.