1. a person who enjoys and has good taste in fine food and drink
2. a person devoted to sensual pleasure and luxury
Usage: formal

Examples

• The restaurant attracted epicures from across the city with its innovative cuisine.
• As an epicure, she could distinguish between different vintages of wine.
• The chef’s reputation drew epicures who appreciated his attention to detail.
• He was known as an epicure who spared no expense for the finest ingredients.
• The epicure savored each course of the seven-course meal.
• Local epicures praised the restaurant’s use of seasonal, locally-sourced produce.