luxuriant

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective marked by complexity and richness of detail
  2. adjective displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  3. adjective produced or growing in extreme abundance

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.

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