late 14c., "follower of the philosophical system of Epicurus," from Old French Epicurien, or from epicure + -ian. From 1570s as "one devoted to pleasure." As an adjective, attested from 1580s in the philosophical sense and 1640s with the meaning "pleasure-loving."
epicurean pleasures
an epicurean banquet
epic
epicene
epicenter
epicentre
epicure
epicurean
epicureanism
epicureous
epicycle
epidemic
epidemiology