Vocabulary : Epicurism to Epidemically

Epicurism : The doctrines of Epicurus. ;; Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
Epicurize : To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. ;; To feed or indulge like an epicure.
Epicycle : 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. ;; A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
Epicyclic : Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
Epicycloid : A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

Epicycloidal : Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
Epideictic : Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.
Epidemic : Alt. of Epidemical ;; An epidemic disease. ;; Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
Epidemical : Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic. ;; Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.
Epidemically : In an epidemic manner.

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