Luxury ˈlʌkʃəri Hot Expensive Extra Examples Noun Life

• a life of unimaginable luxury
• now we'll be able to live in luxury for the rest of our lives.
• small luxuries like chocolate and flowers
• i love having a long, hot bath—it's one of life's little luxuries.

luxury

1. the fact of enjoying special and expensive things, particularly food and drink, clothes and places
• a life of unimaginable luxury
• Now we'll be able to live in luxury for the rest of our lives.

Extra Examples

• It was sheer luxury to step into a hot bath.
• Silk sheets added the final touch of luxury.
• The resort offers luxury on a grand scale.
• We can't afford such luxury.
2. a thing that is expensive and pleasant but not essential
• SYNONYM extravagance
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• small luxuries like chocolate and flowers
• I love having a long, hot bath—it's one of life's little luxuries.
• It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days.
• A comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that we take for granted.

Extra Examples

• He missed the simple luxuries of life, like regular meals.
• She's had every luxury in life.
• We can't afford luxuries.
3. a pleasure or an advantage that you do not often have
• We had the luxury of being able to choose from four good candidates for the job.

Extra Examples

• He had the luxury of spending time at his family's summer home.
• We enjoyed the luxury of an expensive bottle of wine.
4. in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich
• We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury.

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting lechery): from Old French luxurie, luxure, from Latin luxuria, from luxus ‘excess’. The earliest current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.