Both Uses of
epicure
in
The House of Mirth
- You're an Epicurean like myself, I see: you don't want to see all those goddesses gobbling terrapin.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- It was from her that he inherited his detachment from the sumptuary side of life: the stoic's carelessness of material things, combined with the Epicurean's pleasure in them.†
Chpt 1.14
Definition:
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(epicure) a person who loves fine food and drink