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Luxury
LUX'URY, n. [L. luxuria, from luxo, to loosen.]
1. A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; or the free indulgence in costly dress and equipage.
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury.
2. That which gratifies a nice and fastidious appetite; a dainty; any delicious food or drink. The canvas-back duck is a luxury for an epicure.
3. Any thing delightful to the senses.
He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and by laying on it earth, furnished a king of luxury for a hermit.
4. Lust; lewd desire. [Not now used.]
5. Luxuriance; exuberance of growth. [Not now used.]
luxury appears in definitions for these words:
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