Luxury word meaning and definition

Beside meaning and definition for word "luxury", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Six characters, how to write "luxury" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:

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• Synonyms for luxury
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• Letter statistic
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Meaning and definition for "luxury" word

[noun] something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
[noun] the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
[noun] wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

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\Lux"u*ry\, n.; pl. {Luxuries}. [L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.] 1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. --Spectator. 2. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. --Addison. 3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] --Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. --Chaucer. 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.

Synonyms for luxury

extravagance, lavishness, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuosity, sumptuousness, sumptuousness

Related terms: affluence, animal pleasure, appeal, clover, enravishment, gorgeousness, hearty enjoyment, impressiveness, invitingness, poshness, prosperousness, richness, ritziness, sensualness, sensual pleasure, splendor, sumptuousness, sweetness of life, tautology, the affluent life, thriving condition, winsomeness

The fun area, different aproach to word »luxury«

Let's analyse "luxury" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Three syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRUXUL. Average typing speed for these characters is 1545 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. ..- -..- ..- .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: luxury: 3 + 3 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: luxury: 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 7 = 31, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
U (2)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
X (1)	24	Queen of Wands	Dependent, Caring, Sensual, Loving
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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