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
Example sentences :
  • 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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