- expensive and of very high quality
- a luxury hotel/car/apartment
- luxury goods
- expensive luxury brands/items
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting lechery): from Old French luxurie, luxure, from Latin luxuria, from luxus ‘excess’. The earliest current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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