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Definition of Luxurious
1. Adjective. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. "A chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
Similar to: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Luxuriousness, Sybarite, Voluptuary, Voluptuousness
2. Adjective. Rich and superior in quality. "Gilded dining rooms"
Similar to: Rich
Derivative terms: Grandness, Luxuriousness, Luxury, Luxury, Luxury, Opulence, Sumptuosity, Sumptuousness, Sumptuousness
Definition of Luxurious
1. a. Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease.
Definition of Luxurious
1. Adjective. Enjoying pleasures of luxury. ¹
2. Adjective. Being very fine and comfortable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luxurious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxurious
Literary usage of Luxurious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1916)
"XXVI Homeward bound—Dead to the world in Sarah Bernhardt's luxurious cabin—Admiral
Badger's farewell—"The Father of Waters "—Mr. Bryan's earnest ..."
2. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1863)
"... and fights of bears against bulls were not uncommon, but they have gone out
of favor, and nothing is heard of such exhibitions now. § 257. luxurious ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"They disdained to serve the luxurious indolence of his unworthy son. The throne
of the Roman world was unsupported by any principle of loyalty ; and treason ..."
4. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"AGAINST luxurious EASE. THE name of this Book is taken from two characters in
the first sentence of it, which are the key-note of the whole. ..."
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