Luxury

/ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ · noun

Meaning

Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create..

Definitions by Sense

1. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
2. Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
3. Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
4. (obsolete) Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
5. (obsolete) Copulation; the act or action of sex.
6. Very expensive.
7. Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
8. (automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence

“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”

And with Millennial and Gen Z consumers accounting for a growing proportion of spending, the luxury market is increasingly sensitive to the social and environmental causes they identify with. […] With all this in mind, here are CNN Style’s best small luxuries for the conscientious gift giver: […]

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Bernard, what do you want? / Bernard Woolley: I want to have a clear conscience. / […] / Sir Humphrey Appleby: When did you acquire this taste for luxuries (laugh track)?

As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.

Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:

Let not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest.

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• luxuries
• more luxury
• most luxury

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