luxurious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Very fine in quality and comfortable.
Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.

Pronunciation

/lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/ /lʌɡˈzjʊə.ɹɪəs/ /lʌkˈsjʊə.ɹɪəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-luxurious.wav /lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/ /lʌkˈʃʊɹ.i.əs/ /lʌɡˈʒɝ.i.əs/ /lʌkˈʃɝ.i.əs/

Word forms

luxurious more luxurious most luxurious

Etymology

From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.

Synonyms

deluxe opulent plush sumptuous luxury decadent epicurean Babylonian epicureal epicureous epicurish hedonic hedonistic intemperate lotus-eating luxurious naughty self-indulgent sensualistic sinful sybarite sybaritic sybaritical voluptuarian voluptuary

Antonyms

basic impoverished poor ascetic abstemious

Related words

luxuriant luxuriate luxuriously luxury

Derived words

luxuriosity luxuriousness luxurity overluxurious semiluxurious superluxurious ultraluxurious unluxurious

Translations

Catalan: luxuriós Dutch: luxueus French: de luxe Galician: luxurioso German: luxuriös Italian: lussurioso Portuguese: luxuoso Romanian: luxurios

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