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单词 epicureanize
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epicureanizev.

Forms: 1800s epicureanize, 1800s epicurianize, 1900s epicureanise. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epicurean adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < epicurean adj. (compare forms at that entry) + -ize suffix. Compare earlier epicurize v. 2b.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make epicurean (epicurean adj. 2) in character or behaviour.
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1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 47 These naturally tend to enervate and epicureanize men's minds.
1872 Eccl. Observer Oct. 345 The Pagans..were purely epicurianized. They are typical of modern gluttony.
1904 T. Winthrop Mr. Waddy's Return 59 Were not fifteen years enough to stoicise and epicureanise him? Could he not keep cool and take his luxurious opportunities of a wealthy idler with passive content?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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