luxury
noun
1 luxury
Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity.
Roget 827:
pleasure,
gratification,
enjoyment,
fruition;
oblectation,
delectation,
delection†;
relish,
zest;
gusto
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
satisfaction
etc.
(content)
831;
complacency.
well-being;
good
etc.
618;
snugness,
comfort,
ease;
cushion
etc.
215;
sans souci [Fr.],
without worry,
mind at ease.
joy,
gladness,
delight,
glee,
cheer,
sunshine;
cheerfulness
etc.
836.
treat,
refreshment;
amusement
etc.
840;
luxury
etc.
377.
mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]
[Juvenal],
a sound mind in a sound body.
happiness,
felicity,
bliss;
beatitude,
beautification;
enchantment,
transport,
rapture,
ravishment,
ecstasy;
summum bonum [Lat.];
paradise,
elysium
etc.
(heaven)
981;
third heaven†,
seventh heaven,
cloud nine;
unalloyed happiness
&c.;
hedonics†,
hedonism.
honeymoon;
palmy days,
halcyon days;
golden age,
golden time;
Dixie,
Dixie's land;
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Arcadia†,
Shangri-La,
happy valley,
Agapemone†.
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Roget 641:
redundancy,
redundance†;
too much,
too many;
superabundance,
superfluity,
superfluence†,
saturation;
nimiety†,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness;
profusion
etc.
(plenty)
639;
repletion,
enough in all conscience,
satis superque [Lat.],
lion's share;
more than enough
etc.
639;
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion,
load,
surfeit,
sickener†;
turgescence
etc.
(expansion)
194†;
overdose,
overmeasure†,
oversupply,
overflow;
inundation
etc.
(water)
348;
avalanche.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
heap
etc.
72;
drug,
drug in the market;
glut;
crowd;
burden.
excess;
surplus,
overplus†;
epact†;
margin;
remainder
etc.
40;
duplicate;
surplusage†,
expletive;
work of supererogation;
bonus,
bonanza.
luxury;
intemperance
etc.
954;
extravagance
etc.
(prodigality)
818;
exorbitance,
lavishment†.
pleonasm
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
too many irons in the fire;
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
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Dutch: luxeartikel, weeldeartikel
Polish: luksusowość
2 luxury
The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
synonyms: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness.
Dutch: luxe
Polish: wystawność, reprezentacyjność, okazałość
3 luxury
Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
synonyms: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness.
Roget 954:
intemperance;
sensuality,
animalism,
carnality;
tragalism†;
pleasure;
effeminacy,
silkiness;
luxury,
luxuriousness;
lap of pleasure,
lap of luxury;
free living.
indulgence;
high living,
wild living,
inabstinence†,
self-indulgence;
voluptuousness
etc.
adj.;
epicurism,
epicureanism;
sybaritism;
drug habit.
dissipation;
licentiousness
etc.
adj.;
debauchery;
crapulence†.
revels,
revelry;
debauch,
carousal,
jollification,
drinking bout,
wassail,
saturnalia,
orgies;
excess,
too much.
Circean cup.
[drugs of abuse: list]
bhang,
hashish,
marijuana,
pot [Coll.],
hemp [Coll.],
grass [Coll.];
opium,
cocaine,
morphine,
heroin;
LSD,
lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem];
phencyclidine,
angel dust,
PCP;
barbiturates;
amphetamines,
speed [Coll.].
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Roget 377:
pleasure;
physical pleasure,
sensual pleasure,
sensuous pleasure;
bodily enjoyment,
animal gratification,
hedonism,
sensuality;
luxuriousness
etc.
adj.;
dissipation,
round of pleasure,
titillation,
gusto,
creature comforts,
comfort,
ease;
pillow
etc.
(support)
215;
luxury,
lap of luxury;
purple and fine linen;
bed of downs,
bed of roses;
velvet,
clover;
cup of Circe
etc.
(intemperance)
954.
treat;
refreshment,
regale;
feast;
delice [Fr.];
dainty
etc.
394;
bonne bouche [Fr.].
source of pleasure
etc.
829;
happiness
etc.
(mental enjoyment)
827.
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Dutch: weelde, zeelde, rijkdom, opulentie
Polish: zbytek, luksus
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