luxuryn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌkʃ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈləkʃ(ə)ri/,

/ˈləɡʒ(ə)ri/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s luxurie.

Etymology: < Old French luxurie, < Latin luxuria , < luxus abundance, sumptuous enjoyment. Compare French luxure (whence luxure n.), Spanish lujúria, Italian lussuria. In Latin and in the Romance languages the word connotes vicious indulgence, the neutral senses of the English ‘luxury’ being expressed by Latin luxus, French luxe, Spanish lujo, Italian lusso.

†1. Lasciviousness, lust; plural lusts. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]

lustc1000

goleheada1325

luxury1340

luxurec1374

concupiscencec1386

gigletrya1387

nicetya1387

flesh-lusta1400

lovereda1400

sensualities1477

lascivity1490

lubricitya1492

libidinosity1509

luxuriousness1542

veneriousness1547

rammishness1552

luxe1558

ustion1559

lustinessa1575

luxurity1576

lusting1580

by-lusting1583

lasciviousness1590

lusciousness1594

epithymy1600

concupiscency1608

libidinousness1611

lustfulness1611

concupiscentiality1612

rampancy1652

venereousness1659

ustulation1660

lasciviency1664

salaciousness1727

lech1796

lustihood1798

randinessc1890

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 157 Þe dyeuel..assayletþ..þane sanguinien mid ioliuete and mid luxurie.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 827 O foule lust of luxurie.

c1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 58 Leude touchinge and handelyng..makithe..folke falle into orible synne of luxurie.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. x. sig. P.v^v/1 Therewithall hee doth inclusiuely vnderstand all kindes of luste and luxurie.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. sig. D3 Mellida is light, And stained with adulterous luxury.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 89 The ashes of the claws with that of the skinne, being applied helpe luxury in man or woman.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 163 To say nothing of the Luxury and Debaucheries which reigned in the Camps, which he describes as the filthiest of Brothels.

1812 G. Crabbe Tales xv. 268 Grov'ling in the stye..of shameless luxury.

†2. = luxuriance n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness

richness1564

profuseness1584

prodigality1597

luxury?1611

luxuritya1636

luxuriancy1648

voluptuousness1652

luxuriance1728

luxuriation1839

lavishness1859

luxuriousness1872

overflowingness1883

lushness1900

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxi. 262 Where now weake waters luxurie Must make my death blush.

1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. ii. 110 Wonderful fertility and luxury of the Soil.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 239 The Luxury and Superabundance of the Productions of the Earth.

3. The habitual use of, or indulgence in what is choice or costly, whether food, dress, furniture, or appliances of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun]

softnessOE

voluptuositya1380

voluptuoustya1382

delicacya1393

deliciousnessa1500

volupteousness1526

niceness1540

nicety1542

wealiness1545

luxe1558

voluptibility1631

luxury1633

voluptuousness1652

volupté1712

decadence1882

gracious living1892

vie de luxe1920

good life1937

dolce vita1961

sweet life1962

1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 111 in Purple Island I never knew or want or luxurie..or base-bred flatterie.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 715 All now was turn'd to jollitie and game, To luxurie and riot, feast and dance.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 382 The piece of Luxury that greiv'd my Eyes was the Table cloth and napkins.

1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 134 On the soft beds of luxury most kingdoms have expired.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 254 Luxury is the cure of that unavoidable evil in society—great inequality of fortune!

a1832 J. Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. in Wks. (1843) III. 37 Luxury is..an inseparable accompaniment to opulence.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 33 I suppose you have been used to great luxury.

1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter iv. ii. 167 The increase of luxury produced a similar current of song in ancient Palestine.

4. transferred. Refined and intense enjoyment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > refined or intense enjoyment

luxury1715

1715 S. Garth Claremont in J. Dryden Misc. Poems vi. (1727) 255 Hard was their Lodging, homely was their Food; For all their Luxury was doing Good.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. v. 34 She indulged herself..in all the Luxury of tender Grief.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 2 And learn the luxury of doing good.

1805 J. Foster Ess. i. i. 1 Those who do not seek..the luxury of pensiveness.

1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. ii, in Ess. i. vi. 299 Hence, to a botanist, the luxury of a garden.

1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (i. 16) 45 The enlightenment of the apostle was not for his own individual luxury.

a. quasi-concrete. Means of luxurious enjoyment; sumptuous and exquisite food or surroundings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > luxury or luxuries

good thingsc1384

delectables1547

luxury1705

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 475 He has cut the Side of the Rock into a Flat for a Garden, and..has made such a Spot of Ground of it as furnishes out a kind of Luxury for a Hermite.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. ii. 11 He often sat before tables covered with luxury.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 200 Preserved fruits..representing those articles of luxury removed by their character and costliness out of the ordinary category of human food.

b. In particularized sense: Something which conduces to enjoyment or comfort in addition to what are accounted the necessaries of life. Hence, in later use, something which is desirable but not indispensable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > a luxury

delicatec1450

delicacya1500

luxury1780

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xviii. §17 (note) Necessaries come always before luxuries.

1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 75 He buys a new luxury which will yield no good beyond his own selfish pleasure.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 267 A coach and six was a fashionable luxury.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 99 A reredos is a luxury.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 21 That which is spent in early life upon mere luxuries and frivolities.

1902 Fortn. Rev. June 1006 The most expensive of luxuries in London is to keep clean.

6. abstract. Luxuriousness; abundance of appliances for comfort.

ΚΠ

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 267 The brilliancy of the shops and the luxury of the private dwellings far surpasses anything that England could then show.

1863 W. G. Blaikie Better Days for Working People (1864) i. 8 Such luxury as shall tempt them to forget that they are but strangers and pilgrims here.

Compounds

General attributive.

luxury coach n.

ΚΠ

1936 O. Lancaster Progress at Pelvis Bay 61 As many as fifty or sixty..luxury coaches leave daily from the square.

luxury cruise n.

ΚΠ

1941 N. Coward Austral. Visited i. 5 Society ladies returning home exhausted after a lightning luxury cruise.

1971 ‘E. Candy’ Words for Murder Perhaps iv. 50 The drug pusher, the criminal classes. You don't get that sort of person in good hotels or on luxury cruises.

luxury duty n.

ΚΠ

1904 Hansard Commons 19 Apr. 564 An article of luxury which might very fairly pay a luxury duty.

luxury edition n.

ΚΠ

1930 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 709 We must do our best to get the whole of the luxury edition placed before the date of publication.

luxury flat n.

ΚΠ

1937 Night & Day 9 Dec. 12 Luxury flat. A story by K. K. Busvine.

1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 66 The luxury flat..is divided up with fiendish ingenuity into a dining-room, drawing-room, lounge-hall, three bed, two bath, a kitchen and all the usual offices.

1958 New Statesman 5 Apr. 439/2 A luxury-flat developer..instructed his architects to do neo-Georgian.

luxury liner n.

ΚΠ

1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 11 The rich tourists in the palace hotels and luxury liners.

1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 50 I followed you—but not on a luxury liner. Mine was a cargo boat.

1959 N. Marsh Singing in Shrouds iii. 38 A luxury liner and organised fun would be more his cup-of-tea.

luxury-loving adj.

ΚΠ

1899 ‘M. Twain’ in Forum Mar. 32 We are..the most luxury-loving people on the earth.

1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars i. 25 It was an apple-orchard in blossom to his luxury-loving, exquisite and peaceful soul.

1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. ii. 69 The gold coinage, papyrus, fine stuffs and spices point to the existence of a luxury-loving aristocracy.

luxury shop n.

ΚΠ

1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 349 Turning..to Mayfair, they began to pass the discreet and rather impressive luxury shops.

1973 S. B. Jackman Guns covered with Flowers vi. 74 The luxury shops and the department stores.

luxury tax n.

ΚΠ

1904 Hansard Commons 19 Apr. 564 The luxury tax at that time was 6d.

1974 R. Jeffries Mistakenly in Mallorca xiii. 122 The large cars on national or tourist plates whose owners were not forced to pay the luxury taxes that all Spaniards had to.

luxury trade n.

ΚΠ

1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Jan. 3/1 Their action deprives of employment persons who were..employed in luxury trades.

1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 84 I can see great possibilities of improvement. My mother was not catering for the luxury-trade.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	luxury
释义	luxuryn. Brit. /ˈlʌkʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈləkʃ(ə)ri/, /ˈləɡʒ(ə)ri/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s luxurie. Etymology: < Old French luxurie, < Latin luxuria , < luxus abundance, sumptuous enjoyment. Compare French luxure (whence luxure n.), Spanish lujúria, Italian lussuria. In Latin and in the Romance languages the word connotes vicious indulgence, the neutral senses of the English ‘luxury’ being expressed by Latin luxus, French luxe, Spanish lujo, Italian lusso. †1. Lasciviousness, lust; plural lusts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] lustc1000 goleheada1325 luxury1340 luxurec1374 concupiscencec1386 gigletrya1387 nicetya1387 flesh-lusta1400 lovereda1400 sensualities1477 lascivity1490 lubricitya1492 libidinosity1509 luxuriousness1542 veneriousness1547 rammishness1552 luxe1558 ustion1559 lustinessa1575 luxurity1576 lusting1580 by-lusting1583 lasciviousness1590 lusciousness1594 epithymy1600 concupiscency1608 libidinousness1611 lustfulness1611 concupiscentiality1612 rampancy1652 venereousness1659 ustulation1660 lasciviency1664 salaciousness1727 lech1796 lustihood1798 randinessc1890 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 157 Þe dyeuel..assayletþ..þane sanguinien mid ioliuete and mid luxurie. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 827 O foule lust of luxurie. c1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 58 Leude touchinge and handelyng..makithe..folke falle into orible synne of luxurie. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. x. sig. P.v^v/1 Therewithall hee doth inclusiuely vnderstand all kindes of luste and luxurie. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. sig. D3 Mellida is light, And stained with adulterous luxury. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 89 The ashes of the claws with that of the skinne, being applied helpe luxury in man or woman. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 163 To say nothing of the Luxury and Debaucheries which reigned in the Camps, which he describes as the filthiest of Brothels. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xv. 268 Grov'ling in the stye..of shameless luxury. †2. = luxuriance n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness richness1564 profuseness1584 prodigality1597 luxury?1611 luxuritya1636 luxuriancy1648 voluptuousness1652 luxuriance1728 luxuriation1839 lavishness1859 luxuriousness1872 overflowingness1883 lushness1900 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxi. 262 Where now weake waters luxurie Must make my death blush. 1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. ii. 110 Wonderful fertility and luxury of the Soil. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 239 The Luxury and Superabundance of the Productions of the Earth. 3. The habitual use of, or indulgence in what is choice or costly, whether food, dress, furniture, or appliances of any kind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] softnessOE voluptuositya1380 voluptuoustya1382 delicacya1393 deliciousnessa1500 volupteousness1526 niceness1540 nicety1542 wealiness1545 luxe1558 voluptibility1631 luxury1633 voluptuousness1652 volupté1712 decadence1882 gracious living1892 vie de luxe1920 good life1937 dolce vita1961 sweet life1962 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 111 in Purple Island I never knew or want or luxurie..or base-bred flatterie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 715 All now was turn'd to jollitie and game, To luxurie and riot, feast and dance. View more context for this quotation 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 382 The piece of Luxury that greiv'd my Eyes was the Table cloth and napkins. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 134 On the soft beds of luxury most kingdoms have expired. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 254 Luxury is the cure of that unavoidable evil in society—great inequality of fortune! a1832 J. Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. in Wks. (1843) III. 37 Luxury is..an inseparable accompaniment to opulence. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 33 I suppose you have been used to great luxury. 1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter iv. ii. 167 The increase of luxury produced a similar current of song in ancient Palestine. 4. transferred. Refined and intense enjoyment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > refined or intense enjoyment luxury1715 1715 S. Garth Claremont in J. Dryden Misc. Poems vi. (1727) 255 Hard was their Lodging, homely was their Food; For all their Luxury was doing Good. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. v. 34 She indulged herself..in all the Luxury of tender Grief. View more context for this quotation 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 2 And learn the luxury of doing good. 1805 J. Foster Ess. i. i. 1 Those who do not seek..the luxury of pensiveness. 1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. ii, in Ess. i. vi. 299 Hence, to a botanist, the luxury of a garden. 1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (i. 16) 45 The enlightenment of the apostle was not for his own individual luxury. 5. a. quasi-concrete. Means of luxurious enjoyment; sumptuous and exquisite food or surroundings. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > luxury or luxuries good thingsc1384 delectables1547 luxury1705 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 475 He has cut the Side of the Rock into a Flat for a Garden, and..has made such a Spot of Ground of it as furnishes out a kind of Luxury for a Hermite. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. ii. 11 He often sat before tables covered with luxury. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 200 Preserved fruits..representing those articles of luxury removed by their character and costliness out of the ordinary category of human food. b. In particularized sense: Something which conduces to enjoyment or comfort in addition to what are accounted the necessaries of life. Hence, in later use, something which is desirable but not indispensable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > a luxury delicatec1450 delicacya1500 luxury1780 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xviii. §17 (note) Necessaries come always before luxuries. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 75 He buys a new luxury which will yield no good beyond his own selfish pleasure. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 267 A coach and six was a fashionable luxury. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 99 A reredos is a luxury. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 21 That which is spent in early life upon mere luxuries and frivolities. 1902 Fortn. Rev. June 1006 The most expensive of luxuries in London is to keep clean. 6. abstract. Luxuriousness; abundance of appliances for comfort. ΚΠ 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 267 The brilliancy of the shops and the luxury of the private dwellings far surpasses anything that England could then show. 1863 W. G. Blaikie Better Days for Working People (1864) i. 8 Such luxury as shall tempt them to forget that they are but strangers and pilgrims here. Compounds General attributive. luxury coach n. ΚΠ 1936 O. Lancaster Progress at Pelvis Bay 61 As many as fifty or sixty..luxury coaches leave daily from the square. luxury cruise n. ΚΠ 1941 N. Coward Austral. Visited i. 5 Society ladies returning home exhausted after a lightning luxury cruise. 1971 ‘E. Candy’ Words for Murder Perhaps iv. 50 The drug pusher, the criminal classes. You don't get that sort of person in good hotels or on luxury cruises. luxury duty n. ΚΠ 1904 Hansard Commons 19 Apr. 564 An article of luxury which might very fairly pay a luxury duty. luxury edition n. ΚΠ 1930 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 709 We must do our best to get the whole of the luxury edition placed before the date of publication. luxury flat n. ΚΠ 1937 Night & Day 9 Dec. 12 Luxury flat. A story by K. K. Busvine. 1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 66 The luxury flat..is divided up with fiendish ingenuity into a dining-room, drawing-room, lounge-hall, three bed, two bath, a kitchen and all the usual offices. 1958 New Statesman 5 Apr. 439/2 A luxury-flat developer..instructed his architects to do neo-Georgian. luxury liner n. ΚΠ 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 11 The rich tourists in the palace hotels and luxury liners. 1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 50 I followed you—but not on a luxury liner. Mine was a cargo boat. 1959 N. Marsh Singing in Shrouds iii. 38 A luxury liner and organised fun would be more his cup-of-tea. luxury-loving adj. ΚΠ 1899 ‘M. Twain’ in Forum Mar. 32 We are..the most luxury-loving people on the earth. 1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars i. 25 It was an apple-orchard in blossom to his luxury-loving, exquisite and peaceful soul. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. ii. 69 The gold coinage, papyrus, fine stuffs and spices point to the existence of a luxury-loving aristocracy. luxury shop n. ΚΠ 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 349 Turning..to Mayfair, they began to pass the discreet and rather impressive luxury shops. 1973 S. B. Jackman Guns covered with Flowers vi. 74 The luxury shops and the department stores. luxury tax n. ΚΠ 1904 Hansard Commons 19 Apr. 564 The luxury tax at that time was 6d. 1974 R. Jeffries Mistakenly in Mallorca xiii. 122 The large cars on national or tourist plates whose owners were not forced to pay the luxury taxes that all Spaniards had to. luxury trade n. ΚΠ 1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Jan. 3/1 Their action deprives of employment persons who were..employed in luxury trades. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 84 I can see great possibilities of improvement. My mother was not catering for the luxury-trade. 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