de luxe

/ dəˈlʌks; ˈlʊks /

adjective

(esp of products, articles for sale, etc) rich, elegant, or sumptuous; superior in quality, number of accessories, etc
the de luxe model of a car

Origin of de luxe¹

C19: from French, literally: of luxury

Please refund money at once or forward me without delay a consistent photograph of a 'special edition de luxe' girl.

You paid me a lot of money—all in advance—for a six weeks' special edition de luxe Love-Letter Serial.

"Strikes me that Paul is something of an objet de luxe," he reflected, as he turned off Albany Street.

This is the opportunity "de luxe" for the child to earn a few pennies to enlarge his bank account.

Well, after all, the suites de luxe on some of the ocean liners were not so bad, with their own dining-saloons attached.

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