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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