| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| epicure (n.), epicurean, Epicurean (adj.), epicureanism, Epicureanism (nn.) |
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| An epicure (named after Epicurus [341–240 B.C.], whose philosophy embraced luxury and the pleasures of eating and drinking) is a person who has a well-developed taste for and an enjoyment of good food and drink; anyone epicurean (lowercase e) is said to be fond of luxury and especially of eating and drinking well, just as anything epicurean assists or suggests such tastes. Capitalize the adjective when it refers to the philosopher or his philosophy, Epicureanism. And distinguish epicureanism from both gluttony and drunkenness: it refers to glorious sensory experiences, not to gobbling and swilling. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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