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Luxuriant

//lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    produced or growing in extreme abundance wordnet
  2. 2
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses wordnet
  3. 3
    marked by complexity and richness of detail wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.

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