Meaning of Epicurean | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism
2. One who is devoted to pleasure.

Equivalents

Examples

“I keep⟳ but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal⟳ ; / I know⟳ it, and smile⟳ a hard-set smile⟳, like⟳ a stoic, or like⟳ / A wiser epicurean, and let⟳ the world have⟳ its way.”

“Other eras have⟳ had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own⟳ joke.”

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