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luxuriate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹ.i.eɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in 1621; borrowed from Latin lūxuriātus, perfect passive participle of lūxuriō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
   • Luxuriate in the wonderful service of our five-star hotel.
   • He luxuriated in anger, and he kept accounts. 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 376:
   • But fundamentally I think it’s a sound framework, and it creates the right sense of urgency in that we can kind of luxuriate in a debate over what the right gear might be to do carbon targets, but scientifically the right time to do it was yesterday. 2019 March 20, Ryan Lizza, “The Esquire Interview: Mayor Peter Buttigieg”, in Esquire:
   • But where the stage version luxuriated in the amount of time it could take to tell its story — in three one-act plays — its big-screen counterpart benefits from the need to economize in order to keep things moving. 1988 December 25, Christopher Wittke, “A Landmark In Gay Cinematic History”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 8:
2. (intransitive) To be luxuriant; to grow exuberantly.

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