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Definition of Luxurists
1. luxurist [n] - See also: luxurist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxurists
Literary usage of Luxurists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Shewing the Main Stream of English by Henry John Newbolt (1922)
"... nor plodders after wealth; and yet nowhere more abandoned libertines, more
refined luxurists, extravagant debauchees, ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1846)
"And yet no where more Abandoned Libertines, more Refined luxurists, Extravagant
Debauchees, Conceited Gallants, more 'Dabblers in Poetry, ..."
3. The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. by William Temple (1814)
"... more refined luxurists, extravagant debauchees, conceited gallants, more
dabblers in poetry as well as politics, in philosophy, and in chemistry. ..."
4. Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors: Or the Best Words of the by John Timbs (1856)
"... more refined luxurists, extravagant debauchees, conceited gallants, more
dabblers in poetry as well as politics, in philosophy, and in chemistry. ..."
5. The British Prose Writers (1821)
"... more refined luxurists, extravagant debauchees, conceited gallants, more
dabblers in poetry as well as politics, in philosophy, and iu chemistry. ..."
6. What Billingsgate Thought: A Country Gentleman's Views on Snobbery by William Alexander Newman Dorland (1919)
"These luxurists forget the German adage: "Industry is Fortune'e right hand and
frugality her left." Industrious they are — in the art of dissipation, ..."
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