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Definition of Luxury
1. Noun. Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity.
2. Noun. The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
Generic synonyms: Expensiveness
Derivative terms: Lavish, Lavish, Luxuriate, Luxurious, Sumptuous, Sumptuous
3. Noun. Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
Generic synonyms: Wealth, Wealthiness
Derivative terms: Luxurious, Luxurious, Luxuriate, Luxuriate, Luxurious, Opulent, Sumptuous
Definition of Luxury
1. n. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
Definition of Luxury
1. Noun. very wealthy and comfortable surroundings. ¹
2. Noun. something desirable but expensive. ¹
3. Noun. something very pleasant but not really needed in life. ¹
4. Adjective. very expensive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luxury
1. free indulgence in that which affords pleasure or comfort [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Luxury
1. Origin: L. Luxuria, fr. Luxus: cf. F. Luxure. 1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. "Riches expose a man to pride and luxury." (Spectator) 2. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. "He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit." (Addison) 3. Lechery; lust. "Luxury is in wine and drunkenness." (Chaucer) 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. Synonym: Voluptuousness, epicurism, effeminacy, sensuality, lasciviousness, dainty, delicacy, gratification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxury
Literary usage of Luxury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"In order therefore to be able to judge whether luxury ought to be encouraged or
... that there is no danger to be apprehended from luxury. ..."
2. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"Such refinements, under the odious name of luxury, have been severely arraigned
... But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"He, as usual, defended luxury: " You cannot spend money in luxury without doing
good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"THE ART OF luxury. THERE is a luxury of the senses and a luxury of the imagination.
The ancients — that is, the Greeks, Romans, and Scriptural races ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"Thus, fortunately, the bounds of luxury keep on retreating. The luxury of other
days becomes, if not a necessity, an enjoyment of the present, ..."
6. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"But it is the nature of luxury to exceed the mode and order of reason in the
matter of sexual pleasures; and therefore without doubt luxury is a sin. ..."
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