luxuriant
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/lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/
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/lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/ · /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.ənt/ · /ləɡ-/ · /-ɔːɹi.ənt/ · /ləɡˈʒʊɹi.ənt/ · /ləkˈʃʊɹi.ənt/ · /-ɝi.ənt/
Definition of luxuriant
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Abundant in growth or detail.
“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.”
“Thus, to find luxuriant growths of seaweeds unaffected by man, one must go to the Channel Islands where pollution has not taken its toll.”
“in the midst of luxuriant gardens”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.
Words you can make from luxuriant
122 playable · top: AUXIN (12 pts)
Best play auxin 12 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
44 words- AXIL 11 pts
- TAXI 11 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- AUNT 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LUAU 4 pts
- LUNA 4 pts
- LUNT 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NURL 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TIRL 4 pts
- TUNA 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- ULAN 4 pts
- ULNA 4 pts
- UNAI 4 pts
- UNAU 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- LAX 10 pts
- LUX 10 pts
- NIX 10 pts
- RAX 10 pts
- TAX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- TUX 10 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
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- LUN 3 pts
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- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
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- TAN 3 pts
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- TIL 3 pts
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- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
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