luxury
luxury definition
luxu·ry (luk′s̸hə rē, -s̸ho̵or ē; lug′z̸hə rē, -z̸ho̵or ē)
noun pl. luxuries -·ries
- the use and enjoyment of the best and most costly things that offer the most physical comfort and satisfaction
- anything contributing to such enjoyment, usually something considered unnecessary to life and health
- the unusual intellectual or emotional pleasure or comfort derived from some specified thing to give in to the luxury of tears
- 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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