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US
/ɫəɡˈʒɝiənt/
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[ UK /lˈʌɡʒjʊɹˌiənt/ ]
[ UK /lˈʌɡʒjʊɹˌiənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by complexity and richness of detail
an elaborate lace pattern -
produced or growing in extreme abundance
their riotous blooming -
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
an epicurean banquet
Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
How To Use luxuriant In A Sentence
- He carefully draped it over Ramirez, and soon the warmth from the luxuriant fur stilled his chattering teeth and banished the damp.
- The ground was luxuriant with colocynth, whose runners and fruits looked festive in the early light.
- A subcategory of this genre of books is composed of in-depth narrative accounts of the experiences of individual students applying to Ivy League colleges, their every emotional nuance dwelled on in luxuriant detail. Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor
- These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- He still sports luxuriant sideburns, although he admits that he had to lighten his hair colour to suit his age. Times, Sunday Times
- Tall, luxuriant plants grew along the river bank.
- Nestled in terra cotta, thick, gutsy prosciutto barely girdles hunks of luxuriantly gooey mozzarella bocconcini that have been roasted into a delicious taffy, the perfect bonbon to chomp on during a film by the Taviani brothers.
- Della sells her luxuriant hair to buy Jim a chain for his gold watch, while Jim in turn sells his watch to buy a set of tortoise shell combs Della has desired for her hair.
- Many women enjoy more luxuriant hair later in pregnancy.
- The driver examined the damage caused to the car, while Hubert and his Phaedran friends chatted with us by a hedge delimiting a field of mastodon grazing on tall luxuriant grass.