WHAT IS MEANING, ORIGIN, AND USAGE OF WORD ‘EPICUREAN’?

Meaning: This adjective refers to getting pleasure from food and drink of high quality.

Origin: Around since the late 14th Century, it means “follower of the philosophical system of Epicurus”, from Old French Epicurien, or from epicure +-ian. From 1570s, as “one devoted to pleasure”. As an adjective, attested from 1580s in the philosophical sense and 1640s with the meaning “pleasure-loving”

Usage: An epicurean banquet of exquisitely prepared food.

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