Synonyms for luxuriant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : luhg-zhoor-ee-uhnt, luhk-shoor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : lʌgˈʒʊər i ənt, lʌkˈʃʊər- |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for luxuriant
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