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LUXURIANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produced or growing in extreme abundance
Example:
their riotous blooming
Synonyms:
exuberant; lush; luxuriant; profuse; riotous
Classified under:
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Derivation:
luxuriance (the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses)
luxuriate (thrive profusely or flourish extensively)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Example:
a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
Synonyms:
epicurean; luxuriant; luxurious; sybaritic; voluptuary; voluptuous
Classified under:
Similar:
indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Marked by complexity and richness of detail
Example:
an elaborate lace pattern
Synonyms:
elaborate; luxuriant
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
Derivation:
luxuriance (the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses)
Context examples:
Blackened rocks and mounds of lava I had already seen everywhere peeping out from amid the luxuriant vegetation which draped them, but this asphalt pool in the jungle was the first sign that we had of actual existing activity on the slopes of the ancient crater.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Climbing plants are monstrous and luxuriant, but others which have never been known to climb elsewhere learn the art as an escape from that somber shadow, so that the common nettle, the jasmine, and even the jacitara palm tree can be seen circling the stems of the cedars and striving to reach their crowns.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
