Explore Epicurean through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like indulgent or voluptuous. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Epicurean meaning
- Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
- Devoted to luxurious living.
Synonyms of Epicurean
Using Epicurean
- The main meaning on this page is: Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort. | Devoted to luxurious living.
- Useful related words include: indulgent, voluptuous, voluptuary, sybaritic.
- In the example corpus, epicurean often appears in combinations such as: the epicurean, an epicurean, epicurean physics.
Context around Epicurean
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Epicurean
- In this selection, "epicurean" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, explores, camellia, take, physics, delights and philosophy stand out and add context to how "epicurean" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition other epicurean writings found and and explores epicurean physics through. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "epicurean" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with epicurean
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Still in need of some epicurean inspiration? (7 words)
Christopher Hitchens referred to himself as an Epicurean. (8 words)
Here’s what awaits epicurean guests of Porto’s new restaurant offerings. (12 words)
Lucretius was the first writer to introduce Roman readers to Epicurean philosophy.sfn The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through richly poetic language and metaphors. (38 words)
A similar change between the earlier odes of Horace, in which he declares his epicurean indifference to affairs of state, and the great national odes of the third book has been ascribed by some to the same guidance. (38 words)
Epicurus Epicurus is generally credited with first expounding the problem of evil, and it is sometimes called the "Epicurean paradox", the "riddle of Epicurus", or the "Epicurian trilemma ": Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? (37 words)
Still in need of some epicurean inspiration? (7 words)
Epicurus Epicurus is generally credited with first expounding the problem of evil, and it is sometimes called the "Epicurean paradox", the "riddle of Epicurus", or the "Epicurian trilemma ": Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Lucretius was the first writer to introduce Roman readers to Epicurean philosophy.sfn The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through richly poetic language and metaphors.
A 7-course tea-inspired dinner “Camellia Epicurean” where tea is used as an ingredient for all the dishes.
Both New Yorkers and Londoners take epicurean —or luxurious — pleasure in creating incredible looks for no reason other than they can.
Diversifying the Classic weekend in Aspen has been a goal of Davila’s from the start, and one which he enforced — through his Epicurean Passport venture — last summer to a notable extent.
Fortunately, all is well after 55 years of marriage and many epicurean delights.
Here’s what awaits epicurean guests of Porto’s new restaurant offerings.
Pretty tables bedecked with Versace charger plates make way for steaks and lobster - always on the menu here - with other daily epicurean delights to seriously tempt the tastebuds.
Still in need of some epicurean inspiration?
Kudos to Epicurean Delight, Twigs Restaurant and Café, Ma Greenley’s BBQ, and the Fireplace Restaurant for their delectable concoctions.
Now, they’re expanding into all these niches: Pet ownership, jam spaces, epicurean, you name it.
Central to his materialist ontology was the Epicurean conception of mortality, to which he often made reference.
A similar change between the earlier odes of Horace, in which he declares his epicurean indifference to affairs of state, and the great national odes of the third book has been ascribed by some to the same guidance.
Charles Hartshorne and William Reese, "Philosophers Speak of God," Humanity Books, 1953 ch 4 Spinoza has also been described as an "Epicurean materialist," specifically in reference to his opposition to Cartesian mind-body dualism.
Christopher Hitchens referred to himself as an Epicurean.
Epicurean physics Epicurus' philosophy of the physical world is found in his Letter to Herodotus: Diogenes Laertius 10.34–83.
Epicurus Epicurus is generally credited with first expounding the problem of evil, and it is sometimes called the "Epicurean paradox", the "riddle of Epicurus", or the "Epicurian trilemma ": Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Epicurus In the Epicurean view, the highest pleasure (tranquility and freedom from fear) was obtained by knowledge, friendship and living a virtuous and temperate life.
Epistemology Epicurean epistemology has three criteria of truth : sensations (aisthêsis), preconceptions (prolepsis), and feelings (pathê).
In addition, other Epicurean writings found at Herculaneum contain important quotations from his other works.
In modern times Thomas Jefferson referred to himself as an Epicurean: If I had time I would add to my little book the Greek, Latin and French texts, in columns side by side.
Common combinations with epicurean
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the epicurean 5×
- an epicurean 5×
- epicurean physics 3×
- to epicurean 2×
- epicurean philosophy 2×
- his epicurean 2×
- epicurean delights 2×