luxury

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US /ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/ UK /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #5096

Meanings

1

noun
Great comfort and pleasure, usually involving expensive things.

After years of saving, they finally lived in luxury.
2

noun
Something pleasant and enjoyable that you do not really need.

A long, hot bath is a luxury I rarely have time for.

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1 noun · great comfort and pleasure,... opulence splendor

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Forms luxuries

Derived forms antiluxuryluxuristnonluxurysemiluxurysuperluxuryultraluxuryunluxury

Related forms luxe luxuriant luxuriate luxurious luxuriously

Etymology

From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

*lewg- Proto-Indo-European luxurie Middle English luxuria Latin

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# luxury

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 5096

## Meanings
1. Great comfort and pleasure, usually involving expensive things.
2. Something pleasant and enjoyable that you do not really need.

## Examples
- After years of saving, they finally lived in luxury.
- A long, hot bath is a luxury I rarely have time for.

## Derived Forms
- antiluxury
- luxurist
- nonluxury
- semiluxury
- superluxury
- ultraluxury
- unluxury

## Related Forms
- luxe
- luxuriant
- luxuriate
- luxurious
- luxuriously

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *lewg-
- Root: luxurie
- Root: luxuria

## Etymology
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

## AI Etymology
Luxury comes from Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”). In present-day English its meanings include great comfort and pleasure, usually involving expensive things and something pleasant and enjoyable that you do not really need. The historical chain runs through *lewg- (Proto-Indo-European), luxurie (Middle English), luxurie (Old French), and luxuria (Latin). Related and derived forms include luxe, luxuriant, luxuriate, and antiluxury.

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