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epicure

[ep-i-kyoor] / ˈɛp ɪˌkjʊər /


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Connie is an epicure, a gourmand, a bon vivant, a lover and appreciator of fine food and drink.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2022

He was an epicure; of course he’d refuse to eat something that resembled gruel.

From Washington Post Jun. 1, 2016

Jeffrey Merrihue, a marketing expert and “semi-pro” epicure, who had eaten in forty-one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, yelled to his wife, who had been to twenty-eight.

From The New Yorker Nov. 2, 2015

Ms. Gilhart started in the business in 1979, with a summer job after her junior year at the University of Texas, in the epicure department of the then-new Neiman Marcus in Dallas.

From New York Times Sep. 4, 2013

Miss Honey said, "Do you know what an epicure is, Matilda?"

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl




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