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luxuriate

[ luhg-zhoor-ee-eyt, luhk-shoor- ]

verb (used without object)

, lux·u·ri·at·ed, lux·u·ri·at·ing.
  1. to enjoy oneself without stint; revel:

    to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.

  2. to grow fully or abundantly; thrive:

    The plants luxuriated in the new soil.



luxuriate

/ lʌɡˈzjʊərɪˌeɪt /

verb

  1. foll by in to take voluptuous pleasure; revel
  2. to flourish extensively or profusely
  3. to live in a sumptuous way


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Derived Forms

  • luxˌuriˈation, noun

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Other Words From

  • lux·uri·ation noun
  • unlux·uri·ating adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriate1

1615–25; < Latin luxuriātus, past participle of luxuriāre. See luxuriant, -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriate1

C17: from Latin luxuriāre

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Example Sentences

Oh, it’ll feel comfortable at first, as your chilled flesh luxuriates in those delicious extra degrees.

I just stand up there and luxuriate in the tension that I’m creating by not singing.

I luxuriate over each notion like it’s a piece of chocolate melting in my mouth.

What a relief it could be to log off and linger over a single true story for an hour or 12, luxuriating in its characters and details and moral implications, rather than just wearily scrolling past it.

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I luxuriate in the thought that right-wingers across the country are tearing their hair out over this as if in a nice hot bath.

I just want to luxuriate in a sliver of sports that was important and poignant and, in its own way, poetic.

This passion at last gained such an ascendency over him that he seemed to court and luxuriate in waste and desolation.

Some few of its old houses remain, suggestive of its former life, and Flushing is left to luxuriate in the dreams of its past.

They seemed to fairly luxuriate in a soft, swampy place and were packed like sardines in some of the wallows.

His kingdom was not of this world, neither did he luxuriate in the "good things" of the earth.

His whole soul was engrossed in the contemplation of the wild and romantic adventures in which he expected to luxuriate.

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