Thesaurus: luxury

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1. n. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
2. n. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.
3. n. Lechery; lust.
4. n. Luxuriance; exuberance.
5. n. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
6. n. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
7. n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
8. 1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. Spectator. 2. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. Addison. 3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. Chaucer. 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] Bacon. Syn. -- Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.
9. j:52/n:48 n. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living