luxurious
lu·xu·rious
adjective
1.
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
- “an epicurean banquet”
- “enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs”
- “Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence”
- “a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness”
Origin
From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.
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