epicurean
ep-ih-kyoo-REE-unadjMeaning devoted to fine food and the pleasures of eating
Memory hook EPIC-urean: an EPIC feast. Chef Greta cooks an epic seven-course dinner and savors every bite: her tastes are epicurean.
Dad planned an epicurean birthday dinner with seven small courses.
In context Tia’s tastes were epicurean; she would happily drive an hour to a tiny bakery for bread made with flour ground that morning.
Similar gourmet, discriminating, pleasure-loving, refined
Opposite ascetic, abstemious
Named for Epicurus, an ancient Greek thinker who taught that a calm, pleasant life is the goal; over time his name came to stand for a love of fine food.