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epicureans

epicureans is the plural of epicurean.

Meaning of epicurean

Noun

epicurean (plural epicureans)

  1. One who is devoted to pleasure.
    • I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way.1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems, page 22

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Noun capitalized: Epicureans

Epicureans

  1. (plural) plural of Epicurean

Questions about epicureans

What is epicureans the plural of?
Epicureans is the plural of epicurean.
What part of speech is epicureans?
Epicureans is a noun.

Words near epicureans in the dictionary

  1. epicureanize
  2. epicureanized
  3. epicureanizes
  4. epicureanizing
  5. epicureanly
  6. epicureans
  7. epicureous
  8. epicures
  9. epicurious
  10. epicurise
  11. epicurised

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