Luxury
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence"
- 2 something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity wordnet
- 3 Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without. countable, uncountable
"“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”"
- 4 the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive wordnet
- 5 Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not). countable, uncountable
"As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it."
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- 6 wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living wordnet
- 7 Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:"
- 8 Copulation; the act or action of sex. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Let not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest."
- 1 Very expensive.
- 2 Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
- 3 Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
Example
More examples"A television set used to be a luxury."
Etymology
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).