luxurious

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/ UK /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/ See IPA manual

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adj
Very comfortable and of the finest quality.

They spent their honeymoon in a luxurious hotel suite overlooking the sea.

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Synonyms

1 adj · very comfortable and of the... deluxe opulent plush sumptuous

Word family

Derived forms luxuriosityluxuriousnessluxurityoverluxurioussemiluxurioussuperluxuriousultraluxuriousunluxurious

Related forms luxuriant luxuriate luxuriously luxury

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luxurious suite
A group of rooms furnished to provide exceptional comfort and expensive surroundings.

Adjective + noun

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.

luxurious Middle English luxurios Old French lū̆xuriōsus Latin

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# luxurious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/
**IPA (UK):** /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/
**Frequency rank:** 14639

## Meanings
1. Very comfortable and of the finest quality.

## Examples
- They spent their honeymoon in a luxurious hotel suite overlooking the sea.

## Derived Forms
- luxuriosity
- luxuriousness
- luxurity
- overluxurious
- semiluxurious
- superluxurious
- ultraluxurious
- unluxurious

## Related Forms
- luxuriant
- luxuriate
- luxuriously
- luxury

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: luxurious
- Root: luxurios
- Root: lū̆xuriōsus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Luxurious comes 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 present-day English it covers very comfortable and of the finest quality. The historical chain runs through luxurious (Middle English), luxurios (Old French), and lū̆xuriōsus (Latin). Related and derived forms include luxuriant, luxuriate, luxuriously, and luxuriosity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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