luxurious
Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
The English word “luxurious” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Very fine in quality and comfortable.
- Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Etymology
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.
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