luxury
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luxury/ˈlʌkʃəri/
▶noun (pl. luxuries)
- 1 the state of great comfort and extravagant living.
- 2 an inessential but desirable item.
■ a pleasure obtained only rarely.
– origin ME (denoting lechery): from OFr. luxurie, luxure, from L. luxuria, from luxus ‘excess’.
'luxury' also found in these Oxford entries:
clover
- de luxe
- dolce vita
- indulgence
- lap
- lotus-eater
- luxe
- luxuriant
- luxuriate
- luxurious
- pig
- ritz
- spartan
- sybarite
- ultimate
- voluptuary
- voluptuous
