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Definition of luxurious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

luxurious

adjective
 
/lʌɡˈʒʊəriəs/
 
/lʌɡˈʒʊriəs/
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  1. very comfortable; containing expensive things that give pleasure synonym sumptuous
    • a luxurious hotel
    • luxurious surroundings
    • The car felt luxurious.
    opposite spartanTopics Holidaysc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lascivious’): from Old French luxurios, from Latin luxuriosus, from luxuria ‘luxury’.
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