luxurious

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  2. adjective rich and superior in quality

Etymology

From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.

In classic literature

Synonyms

epicurean, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous

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