See Also: luxurious(dictionary)
luxurious(dictionary)

luxurious (iou)



luxurious adjective. ME.
[Old French luxurios (mod. -rieux) from Latin luxuriosus, from luxuria: see LUXURY, -OUS.]
Lascivious, lecherous. ME-L17.
Outrageous, excessive. LME-M17.
Fond of luxury, self-indulgent, voluptuous. E17.
Gladstone A wealthy country, with a large leisured class, in a luxurious age. V. S. Naipaul Someone who felt her beauty entitled her to luxurious sensations.
Characterized by luxury; of the nature of a luxury; sumptuously comfortable; supplied with luxuries. M17.
A. West The polished mahogany..seemed wonderfully luxurious to me. P. Fitzgerald A luxurious home was maintained in Hendon. Juliette Huxley Shops flaunted luxurious temptations after the austere essentials of wartime.
= LUXURIANT 3. Now rare. M17.
G. Gissing March rains had brought the vegetation into luxurious life.
luxuriously adverb M16.
luxuriousness noun M16.