epicurize en · VERB
Etymology
From epicure + -ize.
Meanings
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To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
these evil demons therefore did as it were deliciate and Epicurize in them
1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
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(intransitive) To feed or indulge like an epicure.
epicurizing on their pain
1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| epicurizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| epicurizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| epicurized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| epicurized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| epicurise | alternative | lexicographic |