Luxuriant
//lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt// adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Abundant in growth or detail.
"She wore a dress of azure blue velvet, with a deep border of gold; her luxuriant hair was put back from her brow in a style which no face but the most perfect could have borne, and was then gathered in a form like that of an ancient helmet, every plait glittering with diamonds: it was peculiar, but it suited her."
Adjective
- 1 produced or growing in extreme abundance wordnet
- 2 displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses wordnet
- 3 marked by complexity and richness of detail wordnet
Example
More examples"Charming was the chirp of the grasshoppers, delightful was the bleating of the flocks, luxuriant the aspect of the fields."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.
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