Luxurious Meaning
/lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjVery fine in quality and comfortable.
adjEnjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Sentence Examples
Brian's girlfriend often begs him to take her to luxurious restaurants.
The hotel was luxurious beyond description.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After weeks of camping, they enjoyed the ____ hotel suite with a king-sized bed and marble bathroom.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stayed in a ____ hotel that had a spa, a swimming pool, and several fine dining restaurants.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner."
— 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
"Baby, what you doin' now? / You're pissin' me off / But your hair is so luxurious / And your lips are so soft"
— 2011, Mayer Hawthorne, “The Walk”, in How Do You Do:
"Invalids, and luxurious persons, require more artificial arrangements for travelling on the camel."
— 1856, George P. Marsh, The Camel: His Organization Habits and Uses Considered with Reference to His Introduction into the United States, pages 115-116:
"When one looks at the elegantly dressed people round the gaming table, who perhaps laugh at everything which impresses other people with awe, who scoff at the Church and the Bible, one could scarcely think it possible that these enlightened, pleasure-loving, luxurious men of the world, carry on in secret, cabalistic nonsense, turning over cards, fortune telling, studying the significance of signs and dreams […]"
— 1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After weeks of camping, they enjoyed the ____ hotel suite with a king-sized bed and marble bathroom.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stayed in a ____ hotel that had a spa, a swimming pool, and several fine dining restaurants.