luxury
Meanings
Plural: luxuries
Noun
- something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
- the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
- wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
- Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
- Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
- Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
- Copulation; the act or action of sex.
Adj
- Very expensive.
- Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
- Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
Synonyms
lavishness, luxe, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
Antonyms
austerity, basics, essential, essentials, necessity, penury, poverty, spartanness
Scrabble Score: 16
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