luxurious

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Very fine in quality and comfortable.
  2. (dated) Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.

Tegenovergesteld aan
basic, impoverished, poor, ascetic, abstemious
Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.

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