EPICUREAN

PRONUNCIATION: (ep-i-kyoo-REE-uhn, -KYOOR-ee-uhn) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: adjective: Devoted to refined sensual pleasure, especially fine food and comfortable living.
noun: A person with such tastes; an epicure.

ETYMOLOGY: After the Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BCE). Earliest documented use: c. 1400.
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E-PICTUREAN - like a computer-generated image

EPIDUREAN - outside the outermost membrane (there are three) around the brain and spinal cord

EPIC UREA - a highly reactive source of nitrogen, prized in the manufacture of explosives