Apician
/əˈpɪʃən/
Apician adjective: of or pertaining to Marcus Gavius Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure.
Adjective
Apician (comparative more Apician, superlative most Apician)
- Of or pertaining to Marcus Gavius Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure.
- Choice, dainty; (of people) eating only what is choice, preferring the best or most expensive food.
- Thrice happy you! who are not driven to such Apician luxuries,—Apician at least in point of expense, if not of so palatable a quality.1857, R.E.H. Greyson [pseudonym; Henry Rogers], “Letter to Alfred West Esq., December 10, 1838”, in Henry Rogers, editor, The Greyson Letters: Selections from the correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson...
- If dishonesty can live in a gorgeous place with pictures on all its walls, and gems in all its cupboards, with marble and ivory in all its corners, and can give Apician dinners, and get into Parliament, and deal in millions, then dishonesty is not disgraceful, and the man dishonest after such a...a. 1883 (date written), Anthony Trollope, “‘The Way We Live Now’ and ‘The Prime Minister’—Conclusion”, in An Autobiography […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published...
- Synonyms:
- epicurean, hedonistic
Synonyms of Apician
Forms of Apician
| comparative | more Apician |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Apician |
Origin of Apician
From Latin Apīciānus, from Apīcius + -ānus, equivalent to Apicius + -an.
Words that rhyme with Apician
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about Apician
- What does Apician mean?
- Apician means of or pertaining to Marcus Gavius Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure.
- What part of speech is Apician?
- Apician is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Apician?
- Apician is pronounced /əˈpɪʃən/.
Words near Apician in the dictionary
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