LUXU'RIOUS, a. [L. luxuriosus, from luxo, to loosen; luxor, to riot.] 1. Voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive dress and equipage; as a luxurious life; luxurious cities.2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress and equipage; as luxurious wealth.3. Furnished with luxuries; as a luxurious table.4. Softening by pleasure, or free indulgence in luxury; as luxurious ease.5. Lustful; libidinous; given to the gratification of lust; as a luxurious bed.6. Luxuriant; exuberant. The work under our labor grows Luxurious by restraint. [Not used.]
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