US /lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/ UK /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/
adj Freq #14639

Meanings

  1. 1
    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... deluxeopulentplushsumptuous
Word family
Derived forms luxuriosityluxuriousnessluxurityoverluxurioussemiluxurioussuperluxuriousultraluxuriousunluxurious

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.

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