Luxury Definition

lŭgzhə-rē, lŭkshə-

luxuries

noun

luxuries

The use and enjoyment of the best and most costly things that offer the most physical comfort and satisfaction.

Webster's New World

Sumptuous or extremely comfortable living or surroundings.

Lives in luxury.

American Heritage

Anything contributing to such enjoyment, usually something considered unnecessary to life and health.

Webster's New World

The unusual intellectual or emotional pleasure or comfort derived from some specified thing.

To give in to the luxury of tears.

Webster's New World

Something that is desirable but expensive or hard to obtain or do.

Did not have the luxury of working in an up-to-date laboratory.

American Heritage

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adjective

Characterized by luxury.

Webster's New World

Very expensive.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Luxury

Singular:

luxury

Plural:

luxuries

Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury"), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury").

From Wiktionary
Middle English luxurie lust from Old French from Latin luxuria excess, luxury from luxus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition