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Epicurism   Listen
noun
Epicurism  n.  
1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.
2.
Epicurean habits of living; luxury.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Epicurism" Quotes from Famous Books



... which one dish should succeed another, and to do plentiful justice to all—was a minuteness of science to which Julian had hitherto been a stranger. Smith accordingly treated him as a mere novice in epicurism, cautioning him to eat his soup before the bouilli, and to forget the Manx custom of bolting the boiled meat before the broth, as if Cutlar MacCulloch and all his whingers were at the door. Peveril took the hint ...
— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott
... gardening and pruning—with my preaching—a good deal of walking and comfortable talking. What more has life? and how full of vexation are all ambitious fancies and perplexing pursuits! Well, God bless you! Perhaps I shall not have an opportunity to inculcate my innocent epicurism upon you for a long time again. It will do you ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 - Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 • Various


Words linked to "Epicurism" :   disposition, temperament


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