2022 Gillray often showed Charles James Fox, the Whig leader, as a heavy-set, scruffy hedonist and Edmund Burke as a purse-lipped, Jesuit-like figure. Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022 Kit is a bit more of a hedonist, with plenty of casual hookups under his belt and weed on his nightstand. 2022 Among the decadent fresh pastas, a hefty rigatoni is a hedonist’s delight, studded with guanciale batons fried to a crunch, the fat coating each ridged tube. Hadley Freeman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023 Infamous libertine and hedonist? - Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. Recent Examples on the Web Like a lot of his clients, the chef, Cliff Grubin, used to be a hedonist but has since swapped self-destruction for self-care, specializing first in juicing and eventually branching out into raw food.