adj
Freq #14639
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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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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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