epicureanize
epicureanize verb: to make epicurean; To cause to value and pursue refined pleasures.
Verb
epicureanize (third-person singular simple present epicureanizes, present participle epicureanizing, simple past and past participle epicureanized)
- To make epicurean; To cause to value and pursue refined pleasures.
- Along with it came the rapid growth of wealth, and of the arts which minister to wealth, whether by feeding or by pampering it: and these naturally tend to enervate and epicureanize men's minds, to “ incarnate and imbrute" the soul, “till she quite loses The divine property of her first being," to...1848, Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, page 47
- A certain openness of mind, and a literary good taste nourished, — not epicureanized on good literature, nor specialized on one master's bounties, is more necessary than scholarship to make a good reviewer, though scholarship, if not case-hardened, is indeed good.1889, Poet Lore - Volume 1, page 386
Forms of epicureanize
| third-person singular present | epicureanizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | epicureanizing |
| past participle | epicureanized |
| past | epicureanized |
| alternative form | epicureanise |
Origin of epicureanize
From epicurean + -ize.
Questions about epicureanize
- What does epicureanize mean?
- Epicureanize means to make epicurean; To cause to value and pursue refined pleasures.
- What part of speech is epicureanize?
- Epicureanize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of epicureanize?
- The past tense of epicureanize is epicureanized.
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