luxury

1. n. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. Lechery; lust. Source: opted

4. n. Luxuriance; exuberance. Source: opted

5. n. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity Source: wordnet

6. n. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive Source: wordnet

7. n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. j:52/n:48 n. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living Source: ecdict

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