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Apician en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /əˈpɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin Apīciānus, from Apīcius + -ānus, equivalent to Apicius + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Marcus Gavius Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure.
2. (broadly, of food) Choice, dainty; (of people) eating only what is choice, preferring the best or most expensive food.
   • Thrice happy you! who are not driven to such Apician luxuries,—Apician at least in point of expense, if not of so palatable a quality. 1857, R.E.H. Greyson [pseudonym; Henry Rogers], “Letter to Alfred West Esq., December 10, 1838”, in Henry Rogers, editor, The Greyson Letters: Selections from the correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson, Esq., page 18:
   • If dishonesty can live in a gorgeous place with pictures on all its walls, and gems in all its cupboards, with marble and ivory in all its corners, and can give Apician dinners, and get into Parliament, and deal in millions, then dishonesty is not disgraceful, and the man dishonest after such a fashion is not a low scoundrel. a. 1883 (date written), Anthony Trollope, “‘The Way We Live Now’ and ‘The Prime Minister’—Conclusion”, in An Autobiography […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1883, →OCLC, pages 210–211:

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Synonyms

epicurean · hedonistic