luxuriant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ləkˈʃʊɹi.ənt/ (General-American)
- /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ləɡˈʒʊɹi.ənt/ (General-American)
- /-ɔːɹi.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ləɡ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ɝi.ənt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.
Meanings
-
Abundant in growth or detail.
Thus, to find luxuriant growths of seaweeds unaffected by man, one must go to the Channel Islands where pollution has not taken its toll.
1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 7:in the midst of luxuriant gardens
1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):She wore a dress of azure blue velvet, with a deep border of gold; her luxuriant hair was put back from her brow in a style which no face but the most perfect could have borne, and was then gathered in a form like that of an ancient helmet, every plait glittering with diamonds: it was peculiar, but it suited her.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 309–310:At its base there flowed a gentle stream, and all around it lay a meadow so green and luxuriant it brought joy to the eyes that gazed upon it.
Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 193:
- Overdeveloped at the expense of essential organs.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more luxuriant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most luxuriant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
luxuriance · luxuriantly · overluxuriant · luxuriancy · luxuriantness · unluxuriant
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (36)
io abundanta (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 茂 (abundant in growth or detail) · it rigoglioso (abundant in growth or detail) · nl welig (abundant in growth or detail) · ja 繁茂した (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 豐富 /丰富 (abundant in growth or detail) · it lussureggiante (abundant in growth or detail) · ga uaibhreach (abundant in growth or detail) · ga sómasach (abundant in growth or detail) · el άφθονο (abundant in growth or detail) · ru бу́йный (abundant in growth or detail) · mi huawai (abundant in growth or detail) · ru пы́шный (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 莽莽 (abundant in growth or detail) · ga tiubh (abundant in growth or detail) · hy փարթամ (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 鬱 /郁 (abundant in growth or detail) · sco roch (abundant in growth or detail) · ga fásmhar (abundant in growth or detail) · ru густо́й (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 蔚 (abundant in growth or detail) · ga rábach (abundant in growth or detail) · lzh-lit 鬱勃 (abundant in growth or detail) · nl luxueus (abundant in growth or detail) · ga borrchas (abundant in growth or detail) · nl weelderig (abundant in growth or detail) · gl vizoso (abundant in growth or detail) · bg пищен (abundant in growth or detail) · de geil (abundant in growth or detail) · fr luxuriant (abundant in growth or detail) · ota كور (abundant in growth or detail) · es lujuriante (abundant in growth or detail) · bg изобилен (abundant in growth or detail) · cmn 繁茂 (abundant in growth or detail) · de üppig (abundant in growth or detail) · fi rehevä (abundant in growth or detail)