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Luxurious

LUXU'RIOUS

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Adj.
[L. luxuriosus, from luxo, to loosen; luxor, to riot.]
1.
Voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive dress and equipage; as a luxurious life; luxurious cities.
2.
Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress and equipage; as luxurious wealth.
3.
Furnished with luxuries; as a luxurious table.
4.
Softening by pleasure, or free indulgence in luxury; as luxurious ease.
5.
Lustful; libidinous; given to the gratification of lust; as a luxurious bed.
6.
Luxuriant; exuberant.
The work under our labor grows
Luxurious by restraint. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

luxurious

luxurious

English

Adjective

luxurious ‎(comparative more luxurious, superlative most luxurious)

  1. Enjoying pleasures of luxury.
  2. Being very fine and comfortable.

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Etymology

French luxurieux, from Latin luxuriosus ‎(“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from luxuria ‎(“rankness, luxury”), from luxus ‎(“extravagance, luxury”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌks.jʊə(ɹ).i.əs/

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