quiet luxury
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of inconspicuous or subdued luxury, often by lesser-known brands.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Perhaps I would mind this “quiet luxury” less if the clothes were fabulous. But, instead, they’re bloodless, grandly bland, dreary."
- "“Quiet luxury” is a kabuki performance of moneyed ease and indifference."
- "There was also an ostentatiously open-top boat ride down the Seine, where I think the ladies went to view the floating corpse of a trend once known as “quiet luxury”."