Deluxe Meaning
/dəˈlʌks/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjVery fine in quality or luxurious.
nounSomething that is deluxe.
Sentence Examples
I'll have a kebab pizza deluxe, with mixed sauce.
What is on the chicken deluxe sandwich?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel offered a ____ suite with a private pool and butler service.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'll have a kebab pizza ____, with mixed sauce.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French de luxe (“of luxury”), from Latin luxus (“excess”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“I have here, sir,” he said, “one of the deluxest editions de luxe now in print. Observe the handsome tree calf binding, notice the gold gilt crinkle edges and stand aghast with admiration before the profuse and artistic illustrations.”"
— 1925 August 20, “Daily Novelette: Two of a Kind”, in The Lindsay Daily Post, 29th year, number 194, Lindsay, Ont., page five, column 1:
"The Reforma is Mexico’s deluxest hotel—and it is about as Mexican as the Ziegfeld Follies."
— 1937, Howard Vincent O’Brien, “The Modern Touch”, in Notes for a Book about Mexico, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Willett, Clark & Company, page 99:
"And fer the deluxest of ’em all, get our reg. $59.95 list 20-inch Reversible Window Fan, $39.99, sucks in cool air or blows out hot air."
— 1950 July 20, “We Kaint Make No Five Spot out of a Plain Dollar Bill: But We Kin Kum So Close You Won't Never Know the Difference with Bargain City's Low Prices!”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 102, number 308, St. Louis, Mo., page 8A:
"And many a noble heart takes shelter under roofs no grander nor deluxer than this one."
— 1951, Florence Crannell Means, “Meet the Grande Deluxe!”, in Hetty of the Grande Deluxe, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 13:
"It is probably the most deluxest hospice in New York and was until recently the pied-a-tree of Clare Booth Luce and her consort, Chinaboy Henry, otherwise known as Fui Piu."
— 1951 February 9, The Kingston Daily Freeman, volume LXXX, number 96, Kingston, N.Y., page four:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel offered a ____ suite with a private pool and butler service.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'll have a kebab pizza ____, with mixed sauce.