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Grammar : Noun
Spell : luhg-zhoo r-ee-uh ns, luhk-shoo r-
Phonetic Transcription : lʌgˈʒʊər i əns, lʌkˈʃʊər-

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Définition of luxuriance

Origin :
  • 1650s; see luxuriant + -ance. Related: Luxuriancy (1640s).
  • As in wealth : noun money, resources
  • As in richness : noun copiousness
  • As in productiveness : noun fertility
  • As in prolificacy : noun fertility
  • As in prolificness : noun fertility
  • As in superfluousness : noun excess
  • As in copiousness : noun abundance
  • As in excess : noun overabundance of something
  • As in exuberance : noun profusion
  • As in fertility : noun readiness to bear, produce
Example sentences :
  • The vegetation was extravagant in its luxuriance and splendor.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Fruit trees, Turkey corn, vines, and flax flourished in luxuriance.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • There is a luxuriance of decoration in the many chapels of different epochs.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Northern France » by Francis Miltoun
  • They were lavish in their praises of its luxuriance, its fruits, its game, and its birds of brilliant plumage.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • First, his luxuriance of imagination, and at the same time his control over it.
  • Extract from : « Spare Hours » by John Brown
  • Its innumerable waters insure the luxuriance of its growths.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • In particular passages this luxuriance of fancy may seem to wander into excess.
  • Extract from : « Characteristics of Women » by Anna Jameson
  • These are the little tokens of life that give promise of the luxuriance yet to come.
  • Extract from : « The Cannibal Islands » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The Rhine is an emblem of its luxuriance, its fertility, its romance.
  • Extract from : « The Pilgrims Of The Rhine » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is proverbial for the luxuriance of its fruits and vegetables.
  • Extract from : « The Eve of All-Hallows, v. 2 of 3 » by Matthew Weld Hartstonge

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