luxuriant

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/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

  1. 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”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.

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