Definition of "epicurean"

epicurean

/ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/

adjective
comparative more epicurean, superlative most epicurean
1. Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
  Quotations
  The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
  1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267
  Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.
  1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home‎, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 61
2. Devoted to luxurious living.
noun
plural epicureans
1. One who is devoted to pleasure.
  Quotations
  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.
  1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems‎, page 22