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adjective
1.
abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
2.
producing abundantly, as soil; fertile; fruitful; productive: to settle in luxuriant country.
3.
richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.
4.
florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint.
Origin:
1530–40; < Latin luxuriant- (stem of luxuriāns), present participle of luxuriāre to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant
1530–40; < Latin luxuriant- (stem of luxuriāns), present participle of luxuriāre to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant
Related forms
lux·u·ri·ant·ly, adverb
o·ver·lux·u·ri·ant, adjective
o·ver·lux·u·ri·ant·ly, adverb
un·lux·u·ri·ant, adjective
un·lux·u·ri·ant·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. teeming. 2. fruitful, prolific. 3. copious.
1. teeming. 2. fruitful, prolific. 3. copious.
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Luxuriant
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- There were luxuriant tree ferns as much as fifty feet high.
- Within the high-ceilinged room were several vases of luxuriant flowers which a vagrant breeze would occasionally stir.
- The beetle then emerges with a luxuriant coat of pollen, which it carries to other flowers.
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Word Origin & History
luxuriant
c.1540, from L. luxuriantem (nom. luxurians), prp. of luxuriare "have to excess, grow profusely" (see luxuriate).
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