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luxu·ry (luk′s̸hə rē, -s̸ho̵or ē; lug′z̸hə rē, -z̸ho̵or ē)

noun pl. luxuries -·ries

  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

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

adjective

characterized by luxury

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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