noun
pl. -·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
Origin of luxury
Middle English luxurie from Old French from Classical Latin luxuria from luxus, extravagance, luxury, excess, probably identical in origin, originally with luxus, dislocated: see luxate characterized by luxury
