luxurious
[ luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor- ]
adjective
given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like: a person with luxurious tastes.
given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.
present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent: a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.
excessively ornate; overelaborate: luxurious prose.
Origin of luxurious
1Other words for luxurious
Opposites for luxurious
Other words from luxurious
- lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- qua·si-lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- qua·si-lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- un·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- un·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with luxurious
- luxuriant, luxurious
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British Dictionary definitions for luxurious
luxurious
/ (lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs) /
Origin of luxurious
1C14: via Old French from Latin luxuriōsus excessive
usage For luxurious
Luxurious is sometimes wrongly used where luxuriant is meant: he had a luxuriant (not luxurious) moustache; the walls were covered with a luxuriant growth of wisteria
Derived forms of luxurious
- luxuriously, adverb
- luxuriousness, noun
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