luxury

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Great comfort and pleasure, usually involving expensive things.

   After years of saving, they finally lived in luxury.

2. 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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Simplified etymology

Luxury entered English in the Middle Ages from Latin luxuria, which associated indulgence with vice. Until the early 19th century it could mean “lust” or “lasciviousness,” while the modern sense of great comfort or elegance appeared by the mid-17th century.

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

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