epicurism
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Epicurismus, from Epicurus + -ismus (“-ism”). Equivalent to epicure + -ism.
Noun
[edit]epicurism (countable and uncountable, plural epicurisms)
- Synonym of Epicureanism.
- 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter IV, Captains of Industry”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope):
- Deep-hidden under wretchedest god-forgetting Cants, Epicurisms, Dead-Sea Apisms; forgotten as under foulest fat Lethe mud and weeds, there is yet, in all hearts born into this God’s-World, a spark of the Godlike slumbering.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French épicurisme.
Noun
[edit]epicurism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | epicurism | epicurismul |
| genitive-dative | epicurism | epicurismului |
| vocative | epicurismule | |
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