epicurish

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɛpɪkjʊrɪʃ/ UK /ˈɛpɪkjʊərɪʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
somewhat epicurean; fond of refined sensory and especially culinary pleasure

His epicurish leanings showed in the lavish spread he laid for guests.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · somewhat epicurean; fond of... epicurean gourmet hedonistic sensualgastronomicsybaritic

Opposites

ascetic abstemious austere

Word family

Related forms epicure epicureanepicurism

Etymology

From epicure + -ish; epicure from Old French, ultimately from the name of the Greek philosopher Epicurus (Ancient Greek Epíkouros).

Ἐπίκουρος Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# epicurish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛpɪkjʊrɪʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛpɪkjʊərɪʃ/

## Meanings
1. somewhat epicurean; fond of refined sensory and especially culinary pleasure

## Examples
- His epicurish leanings showed in the lavish spread he laid for guests.

## Synonyms
- epicurean
- gourmet
- hedonistic
- sensual
- gastronomic
- sybaritic

## Antonyms
- ascetic
- abstemious
- austere

## Related Forms
- epicure
- epicurean
- epicurism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Ἐπίκουρος

## Etymology
From epicure + -ish; epicure from Old French, ultimately from the name of the Greek philosopher Epicurus (Ancient Greek Epíkouros).

## AI Etymology
Epicurish comes from epicure + -ish; epicure from Old French, ultimately from the name of the Greek philosopher Epicurus (Ancient Greek Epíkouros). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -ish marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "somewhat epicurean; fond of refined sensory and especially culinary pleasure", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as epicure, epicurean, and epicurism, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek Ἐπίκουρος, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by epicurean, gourmet, hedonistic, and sensual on one side and contrasts such as ascetic, abstemious, and austere on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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