epicure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
    foodie; gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant.

WordNet

Ep"i*cure noun
Etymology
L. Epicurus, Gr. , a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.
Definitions
  1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. Obs. Bacon.
  2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table. Syn. -- Voluptuary; sensualist.

Webster 1913