EPICURIZE

Etymology

Verb

epicurize (third-person singular simple present epicurizes, present participle epicurizing, simple past and past participle epicurized)

To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.

To feed or indulge like an epicure.

Source: Wiktionary


Ep"i*cu*rize, v. i.

1. To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.

2. To feed or indulge like an epicure. Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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