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luxurious
English
Etymology
From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin luxuriosus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??????.i.?s/, /l???zj??.i.?s/, /l?k?sj??.i.?s/
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??????.i.?s/, /l?k????.i.?s/
Adjective
luxurious (comparative more luxurious, superlative most luxurious)
- Very fine in quality and comfortable.
- a luxurious hotel suite
- (dated) Enjoying the pleasures of luxury.
- 1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association
- When one looks at the elegantly dressed people round the gaming table, who perhaps laugh at everything which impresses other people with awe, who scoff at the Church and the Bible, one could scarcely think it possible that these enlightened, pleasure-loving, luxurious men of the world, carry on in secret, cabalistic nonsense, turning over cards, fortune telling, studying the significance of signs and dreams […]
- 1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association
Synonyms
- epicurean
Antonyms
- impoverished
- abstemious
Related terms
- luxuriant
- luxuriate
- luxuriously
- luxury
Translations
See also
- sumptuous
Further reading
- luxurious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- luxurious at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Alternative forms
- luxsorius, luxorious, luxoryows, luxuryouse, luxuriouse
Etymology
From Old French luxurios, from Latin luxuriosus; equivalent to luxurie +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luk?sju?ri?u?s/, /luk?sju?rius/
Adjective
luxurious
- Lusty, lascivious; sexually transgressive.
- Shocking; surprising in a negative way.
Descendants
- English: luxurious
References
- “lux?ri?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-20.
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baroque
English
Etymology
Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verr?ca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bæ???k/
- Rhymes: -?k
- (US) IPA(key): /b???o?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Adjective
baroque (comparative baroquer, superlative baroquest)
- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
- Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Baquero
French
Etymology
Middle French baroque, originally denoting a pearl of irregular shape, from Italian barocco, Spanish barrueco, or Portuguese barroco, all possibly from Latin verr?ca (“wart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.??k/
Adjective
baroque (plural baroques)
- baroque (all senses)
Descendants
- ? English: baroque
- ? Spanish: barroco
Further reading
- “baroque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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