adj
Meaning 1
Abundant in growth or detail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
luxuriant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.ənt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləɡ-/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ɔːɹi.ənt/
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General-American: /ləɡˈʒʊɹi.ənt/
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General-American: /ləkˈʃʊɹi.ənt/
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General-American: /-ɝi.ənt/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
produced or growing in extreme abundance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- their riotous blooming
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exuberant, lush, profuse, riotous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an epicurean banquet
- enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
- Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
- a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epicurean, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
marked by complexity and richness of detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an elaborate lace pattern
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elaborate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, present participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Equivalent to luxury + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փարթամ (pʻartʻam) — abundant in growth or detail
- Bulgarian: пищен (pišten) — abundant in growth or detail
- Bulgarian: изобилен (izobilen) — abundant in growth or detail
- Literary Chinese: 鬱勃 (yùbó) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 豐富 /丰富 (fēngfù) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 鬱 /郁 (yù) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 蔚 (wèi) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 茂 (mào) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 繁茂 (fánmào) — abundant in growth or detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng) — abundant in growth or detail
- Dutch: weelderig — abundant in growth or detail
- Dutch: welig — abundant in growth or detail
- Dutch: luxueus — abundant in growth or detail
- Finnish: rehevä — abundant in growth or detail
- French: luxuriant — abundant in growth or detail
- Galician: vizoso — abundant in growth or detail
- German: üppig — abundant in growth or detail
- German: geil — abundant in growth or detail
- Greek: άφθονο (áfthono) — abundant in growth or detail
- Ido: abundanta — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: rábach — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: uaibhreach — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: fásmhar — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: tiubh — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: borrchas — abundant in growth or detail
- Irish: sómasach — abundant in growth or detail
- Italian: lussureggiante — abundant in growth or detail
- Italian: rigoglioso — abundant in growth or detail
- Japanese: 繁茂した (hanmo shita) — abundant in growth or detail
- Māori: huawai — abundant in growth or detail
- Russian: пы́шный (pýšnyj) — abundant in growth or detail
- Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — abundant in growth or detail
- Russian: густо́й (gustój) — abundant in growth or detail
- Scots: roch — abundant in growth or detail
- Spanish: lujuriante — abundant in growth or detail
- Ottoman Turkish: كور (gür) — abundant in growth or detail