epicure

ep·i·cure  (p-kyr)

n.

1. A person with refined taste, especially in food and wine.

2. A person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living. See Usage Note at gourmet.

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[Middle English, an Epicurean, from Medieval Latin epicrus, from Latin Epicrus, Epicurus, from Greek Epikouros.]

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epicure [ˈɛpɪˌkjʊə]

n

1. a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink; gourmet

2. a person devoted to sensual pleasures

[from Medieval Latin epicūrus, after Epicurus; see Epicurean]

epicurism  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

epicure - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality

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epicure

noun gourmet, foodie, glutton, epicurean, hedonist, gourmand, bon vivant (French), gastronome, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary These delicacies will delight gastronomes and epicures.

Translations

epicure [ˈepɪkjʊəʳ] N → gastrónomo/a m/f

epicure

n → Feinschmecker(in) m(f)

epicure [ˈɛpɪkjʊəʳ] n → buongustaio/a

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epicure [ˈɛpɪkjʊəʳ] n → buongustaio/a