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someone needs to see what the definition of luxury is
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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.--------------------------------...
[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[Download Now or Buy the Book]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.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]