Part 3856

<h1>Epicurean</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*cu*re"an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A follower or Epicurus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One given to epicurean indulgence.</def>

<h1>Epicureanism</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.</def>

<h1>Epicurely</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*cure`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Luxuriously.</def>

<i>Nash.</i>

<h1>Epicureous</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*cu*re"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epicurean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Epicurism</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*cu*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82picurisme</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The doctrines of Epicurus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Epicurean habits of living; luxury.</def>

<h1>Epicurize</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*cu*rize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To feed or indulge like an epicure.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Epicycle</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*cy`cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epicyclus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ upon + <?/ circle. See <er>Cycle</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Ptolemaic Astron.)</fld> <def>A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.</def>

<blockquote>The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentries, and <b>epicycles</b>, and such engines of orbs. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.</def>

<h1>Epicyclic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*cyc"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.</def>