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单词 epicurity
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epicurityn.

Forms: 1500s epicuritie, 1500s epicurity.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epicure n., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < epicure n. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier epicurism n.
Obsolete. rare.
Luxurious living; sensual indulgence.Recorded only in the writings of Geoffrey Fenton.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun]
delice?c1225
delicacya1393
sensualityc1425
voluptuousness1508
sensualness1530
luxuriousness1542
deliciousness1548
epicurism1570
epicurity1574
carnal-mindedness1607
Epicureanism1726
sensualism1760
pleasurehood1842
fleshly-mindedness1846
apolausticism1883
sensism1890
1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie iii. iii. 128 The Sodomites, Israelites, & Holofernes, to al which the sinne of epicurity, brought miserable death [Fr. tous lesquels sont morts miserablement par leurs gourmandises].
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 15 The houses of good knights ought to be as schooles of instruction to youth, and not tauernes to professe epicuritie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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