RALPH: The word epicure comes from the word Epicurus, the name of a Greek philosopher who lived in the 4th century BCE. He maintained that the good life is about pleasure, which for him meant minimizing pain, both physical and psychological. 
DAVINA: Today, when we call someone an epicure, or epicurean, we’re complimenting them on their fine taste in food and wine. 
RALPH: But already by Shakespeare’s time, epicure was used pejoratively for people so focused on eating and drinking that they lacked virtues like moderation or discipline. 
DAVINA: This is Macbeth’s implied meaning. It was the typical attitude held by any self-reliant Scotsman toward his supposedly soft, refined neighbors to the south, the English.