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Search phrase: epicure

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.i.24Keep his brain fuming. Epicurean cooksKeepe his Braine fuming. Epicurean Cookes,
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vii.52is a very epicure.is a very Epicure.
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.25Among those ever-bibbing epicures,Among those euer-bibbing Epicures:
MacbethMac V.iii.8And mingle with the English epicures.And mingle with the English Epicures,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.273What a damned Epicurean rascal is this! My heartWhat a damn'd Epicurian-Rascall is this? my heart

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epicurepleasure-seeker, glutton
epicure[follower of Epicurus] someone who does not believe in divine power or a future life
Epicureansensual, lecherous, pleasure-seeking
Epicureandevoted to the pleasures of eating, cultivating gluttony

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EPICUREBASICepicure n, Epicurean adj, epicurism n

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