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luxurious

[luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor-]

adjective

  1. characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury.

    a luxurious hotel.

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  2. given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like.

    a person with luxurious tastes.

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  3. given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.

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  4. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent.

    a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.

  5. excessively ornate; overelaborate.

    luxurious prose.



luxurious

/ ʌɡˈʊəɪə /

adjective

  1. characterized by luxury

  2. enjoying or devoted to luxury

  3. an archaic word for lecherous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Luxurious is sometimes wrongly used where luxuriant is meant: he had a luxuriant (not luxurious ) moustache; the walls were covered with a luxuriant growth of wisteria
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • luxuriously adverb
  • luxuriousness noun
  • overluxurious adjective
  • overluxuriously adverb
  • overluxuriousness noun
  • preluxurious adjective
  • preluxuriously adverb
  • preluxuriousness noun
  • quasi-luxurious adjective
  • quasi-luxuriously adverb
  • superluxurious adjective
  • superluxuriously adverb
  • superluxuriousness noun
  • unluxurious adjective
  • unluxuriously adverb
  • ܳˈܰdzܲԱ noun
  • ܳˈܰdzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of luxurious1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word ܳܰōܲ. See luxury, -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of luxurious1

C14: via Old French from Latin ܳܰōܲ excessive
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Example Sentences

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I loved its viscosity, that rich, luxurious texture that clung to everything it touched, enveloping everything it's heaped over.

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The Georgia couple gained popularity for their USA Network series, which showcased their luxurious lifestyle and zany family dynamic.

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With our arms still buried under the compost, she brought ice-cold waters with straws up to our mouths so we could hydrate — a truly luxurious part of the service.

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Celeriac — the knobby, subterranean root of the celery plant — makes an especially luxurious purée after a simmer in stock and dairy.

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In fact, shootings regularly occur in the area's luxurious shopping centres.

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