luxurious

[ luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor- ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.

  2. given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like: a person with luxurious tastes.

  1. given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.

  2. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent: a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.

  3. excessively ornate; overelaborate: luxurious prose.

Origin of luxurious

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word luxuriōsus.See luxury, -ous

Other 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

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British Dictionary definitions for luxurious

luxurious

/ (lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs) /


adjective
  1. characterized by luxury

  2. enjoying or devoted to luxury

  1. an archaic word for lecherous

Origin of luxurious

1
C14: 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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