EPICUREAN in a Sentence

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But, as yet, Stubb heeded not the mumblings of the banquet that was going on so nigh him, no more than the sharks heeded the smacking of his ...

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 Meanings and Examples of EPICUREAN
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epicurean
 a.  pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort; devoted to luxurious living
Classic Sentence:
1  But, as yet, Stubb heeded not the mumblings of the banquet that was going on so nigh him, no more than the sharks heeded the smacking of his own epicurean lips.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 64. Stubb's Supper.
2  His features might have been called good, had there not lurked under the pent-house of his eye, that sly epicurean twinkle which indicates the cautious voluptuary.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
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