luxury

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.

   Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence

2. 2
   noun

   Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.

   “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”

3. 3
   noun

   Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).

   Sir Humphrey Appleby: Bernard, what do you want? / Bernard Woolley: I want to have a clear conscience. / […] / Sir Humphrey Appleby: When did you acquire this taste for luxuries (laugh track)?

4. 4
   noun

   Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.

   Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:

5. 5
   noun

   Copulation; the act or action of sex.

   Let not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest.

6. 6
   noun

   something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

7. 7
   noun

   the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

8. 8
   noun

   wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Etymology

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