different between abounding vs luxuriant

English

Pronunciation

• (US)

Adjective

abounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)

1. Ample, plenty, abundant.

   abounding food

   an abounding stream

Derived terms

• aboundingly

Translations

Verb

abounding

1. present participle of abound

Noun

abounding (plural aboundings)

1. An abundance.
   • 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God

     Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l???zj???i.?nt/, /l???????i.?nt/, /l??-/, /-???i.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??????i.?nt/, /l?k????i.?nt/, /-?i.?nt/

Adjective

luxuriant (comparative more luxuriant, superlative most luxuriant)

1. Abundant in growth or detail.

Derived terms

Related terms

• luxury
• luxurious

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyk.sy.?j??/
• Homophone: luxuriants

Adjective

luxuriant (feminine singular luxuriante, masculine plural luxuriants, feminine plural luxuriantes)

1. luxuriant

Further reading

• “luxuriant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

l?xuriant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of l?xuri?

Romanian

Etymology

From French luxuriant, from Latin luxurians.

Adjective

luxuriant m or n (feminine singular luxuriant?, masculine plural luxurian?i, feminine and neuter plural luxuriante)

1. lush

Declension