luxurious

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  1. adjective Fond of or given to luxury.
  2. adjective Marked by or contributing to luxury.
  3. adjective Of a sumptuous, costly, or rich variety. See Synonyms at sensuous.

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  • At first I was told that I could only have cold beef, but not being a Staff Officer, and not being afraid of being called a luxurious and self-indulgent pig, I insisted upon having some hot soup and some cold pheasant, and also a cup of hot cocoa. —  The Adventure of Living
  • Her life, I take it, though latterly clouded by many troubles, was easy, luxurious, and idle, till my father's affairs and her own aspirations sent her to America. —  Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
  • He led a gay, luxurious, and extravagant life rather than performed his clerical duties; he had political ambitions, but he was never able to overcome the predisposition against him with which Marie Antoinette had come to France. —  George Selwyn His Letters and His Life
  • It looked positively luxurious, all polished mahogany and brass rail, like something off a Victorian yacht; which it might well have been. —  The Gates of Noon
  • While luxurious, the lady's rooms were meant for one thing only-besides sleep. —  The Lark And The Wren
 

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sumptuous ·  elegant ·  comfortable ·  spacious ·  expensive ·  royal ·  stately ·  delicious ·  fashionable ·  gay
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  1. from French luxurieux = Provencal luxurios = Spanish lujurioso = Portuguese luxurioso = Italian lussurioso, from Latin luxuriosus, rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate, from luxuria, rankness, luxury: see luxury.
 

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