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    someone needs to see what the definition of luxury is

    4 entries found for luxury.
    lux·u·ry ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lgzh-r, lksh-)
    n. pl. lux·u·ries
    Something inessential but conducive to pleasure and comfort.
    Something expensive or hard to obtain.
    Sumptuous living or surroundings: lives in luxury.

    adj.
    Providing luxury: a luxury car.

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    [Middle English luxurie, lust, from Old French, from Latin luxuria, excess, luxury, from luxus.]
    Synonyms: luxury, extravagance, frill
    These nouns denote something desirable that is not a necessity: the real luxury of riding in a limousine; a simple wedding without any extravagances; caviar and other culinary frills.
    Antonyms: necessity

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    luxury

    see lap of luxury.

    Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
    Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

    luxury

    adj : elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"; "a luxury condominium" [syn: deluxe, de luxe, luxe, luxury(a)] n 1: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity 2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive [syn: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness] 3: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]

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