de luxe
Britishadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of de luxe
C19: from French, literally: of luxury
Example Sentences
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And of course Celia Sinclair Thornqvist sealed the deal over a cup of tea in the elegant salon de luxe.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
This season, it was minimalism de luxe, with a pinch of retro quirkiness.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2011
The hippie de luxe look that has lingered so long on the runways has been crisped up, making patchwork more an exercise in fabric placement than an emblem of folklore and counter-culture.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2010
Miss Moore occupied with a Miss Goebel one of the de luxe cabins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Palatial—not a cabin at all, but a proper little bedroom with a curtained bed under the porthole windows, a comfortable sofa, chairs, table, carpets, big wash-bowls with silver taps—a whole de luxe.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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