Luxury

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈlÊŒk.ʃə.ɹi/
• US IPA: /ˈlʌɡʒəɹi/, /ˈlÊŒkʃəɹi/

Origin

Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria ("rankness, luxury"), from luxus ("extravagance, luxury").

Full definition of luxury

Noun

1. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
2. Something desirable but expensive.
• 1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, “… 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 ?...”
3. Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.

Antonyms

• (dispensable thing) necessity

Adjective

1. very expensive

Related terms

• luxuriant
• luxuriate
• luxurious
• luxuriously