Antonyms for luxuriant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhg-zhoor-ee-uhnt, luhk-shoor-
Phonetic Transcription : lʌgˈʒʊər i ənt, lʌkˈʃʊər-


Definition of luxuriant

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Middle French luxuriant and directly from Latin luxuriantem (nominative luxurians), present participle of luxuriare "have to excess, grow profusely" (see luxuriate). Related: Luxuriantly.
  • adj profuse, plush
Example sentences :
  • It is full of the finest grass, and its soil is rich and luxuriant.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Nor could Nature, here in her most luxuriant mood, relieve it from its sordid aspect.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • In colour, it was of a greenish-red and a very gentle yet luxuriant green.
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • The luxuriant mythology of the early Greeks was not unscientific.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • Abortion, also, often follows a sudden change from poor to luxuriant food.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • For walls it had the primeval forest, with its drapery of luxuriant foliage.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • We find it suddenly withering, when it should be most fresh and luxuriant.
  • Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
  • This width allows the luxuriant plant to branch and fruit well.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • A snood or fillet of blue ribbon confined her luxuriant hair.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
  • But it is in all directions fertile and luxuriant in the extreme.
  • Extract from : « Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II » by G. R. Gleig

Synonyms for luxuriant

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