a. [f. Apīci-us name of a famous Roman epicure + -AN.] Of or pertaining to epicures or to luxurious diet.
1699. Evelyn, Acetaria (1729), 115. A voluptuary Apician art. Ibid., 164. Apician Tables.
1834. Penny Cycl., II. 159/1. Certain cakes, honourably distinguished by the epithet Apician.
