luxurious
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs//
- United Kingdom//lʌɡˈzjʊə-//
- United Kingdom//lʌkˈʃʊə-//
- United Kingdom//-lʌkˈsjʊə-//
- United Kingdom//lʌɡˈʒɵːɹɪjəs//
Very fine in quality and comfortable.
adjective
- 1
Very fine in quality and comfortable.
a luxurious hotel suite
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.
Baby, what you doin' now? / You're pissin' me off / But your hair is so luxurious / And your lips are so soft
- 2
datedEnjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Invalids, and luxurious persons, require more artificial arrangements for travelling on the camel.
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.
Forms
- comparative
- more luxurious
- superlative
- most luxurious