Plural of epicurean; people who pursue pleasure and refined enjoyment, or followers of Epicurus's philosophy.
From Epicurus + '-an' + plural '-s'. Describes both modern pleasure-seekers and ancient philosophers.
The Epicureans were one of ancient Greece's four major philosophical schools, and their meetings were actually pretty boring—lots of discussion about bread and friendship, not orgies like people assumed.
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