Synonyms for luxury
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : luhk-shuh-ree, luhg-zhuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌk ʃə ri, ˈlʌg ʒə- |
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Définition of luxury
Origin :- c.1300, "sexual intercourse;" mid-14c., "lasciviousness, sinful self-indulgence," from Old French luxurie "debauchery, dissoluteness, lust" (Modern French luxure), from Latin luxuria "excess, luxury, extravagance, profusion; delicacy" (cf. Spanish lujuria, Italian lussuria), from luxus "excess, extravagance, magnificence," probably a figurative use of luxus (adj.) "dislocated," which is related to luctari "wrestle, strain" (see reluctance).
- Meaning "sensual pleasure" is late 14c. Lost its pejorative taint 17c. Meaning "habit of indulgence in what is choice or costly" is from 1630s; that of "sumptuous surroundings" is from 1704; that of "something enjoyable or comfortable beyond life's necessities" is from 1780. Used as an adjective from 1916.
- noun great pleasure, indulgence
- And jest when I was lookin' forward to luxury and palaces in England, and everything so grand!
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He was trying to fit his own ideas of luxury to a garden hose and a city street.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I often said, 'It does not really belong to us, and we are living in luxury from the property of another.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- And as for cold and nakedness, they are evils introduced by luxury and custom.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- It was a luxury so penetrating and powerful that it affected him like an opiate.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- You said, 'It grieved you that I was poor; that you could not restore to me the luxury and wealth I had lost.'
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- This is a very modest narrative of fact, and we could not afford so dramatic a luxury as that.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- I belong to a profession in which that luxury is sometimes denied us.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I am, myself, as great an enemy to the luxury and splendour of the clergy as he can be.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- I was in despair, though, for I felt that I could not live without comfort and luxury.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
Antonyms for luxury
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