luxury
/ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Very expensive.
adj
Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence"
- "“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”"
- "And with Millennial and Gen Z consumers accounting for a growing proportion of spending, the luxury market is increasingly sensitive to the social and environmental causes they identify with. […] With all this in mind, here are CNN Style’s best small luxuries for the conscientious gift giver: […]"
- "Sir Humphrey Appleby: Bernard, what do you want? / Bernard Woolley: I want to have a clear conscience. / […] / Sir Humphrey Appleby: When did you acquire this taste for luxuries (laugh track)?"
- "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it."
- "Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:"
Etymology
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/
- British English: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/