EPICURE in a Sentence

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As far as social ethics were concerned Eustacia approached the savage state, though in emotion she was all the while an epicure.

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 Meanings and Examples of EPICURE
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epicure
 n.  a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
Classic Sentence:
1  Peppino was decidedly an epicure.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare.
2  Because at some more flexible period he had advanced from oranges to grape-fruit he considered himself an epicure.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  As far as social ethics were concerned Eustacia approached the savage state, though in emotion she was all the while an epicure.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
4  She was nice only from natural delicacy, but he had been brought up in a school of luxury and epicurism.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence:
1  The epicure frequents this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.