luxury

The definition of a luxury is something that is not essential but is desirable and often expensive or the state of having or enjoying desirable and expensive things.

(noun)

An example of luxury is a day at the spa.

Luxury is defined as something that is not essential but is expensive, desirable or valuable and provides comfort.

(adjective)

An example of luxury is a description for expensive cars and big mansions.

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See luxury in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. luxuries

  1. the use and enjoyment of the best and most costly things that offer the most physical comfort and satisfaction
  2. anything contributing to such enjoyment, usually something considered unnecessary to life and health
    1. the unusual intellectual or emotional pleasure or comfort derived from some specified thing: to give in to the luxury of tears
    2. something producing such pleasure or comfort

Origin: ME luxurie < OFr < L luxuria < luxus, extravagance, luxury, excess, prob. identical in orig. with luxus, dislocated: see luxate

adjective

characterized by luxury

See luxury in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. lux·u·ries
  1. Something inessential but conducive to pleasure and comfort.
  2. Something expensive or hard to obtain.
  3. Sumptuous living or surroundings: lives in luxury.
adjective
Providing luxury: a luxury car.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English luxurie, lust

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin luxuria, excess, luxury

Origin: , from luxus

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