luxuriance

[luhg-zhoor-ee-uhns, luhk-shoor-]

noun

1. luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.

Other Word Forms

• overluxuriance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriance¹

First recorded in 1720–30; luxuri(ant) + -ance

Example Sentences

Silken material ensured that this collection maintained a real sense of luxuriance throughout.

From Washington Times

“There’s a luxuriance in the sound, and I think a kind of ‘well, we all secretly admit that we do love certain things if we’re pressed into revealing it.’”

From New York Times

He writes about "virgin forests," "tropical luxuriance," "wild denizens" and their "gloomy recesses" and "the poetry of savage wilderness."

From Salon

The Chicago Graphic extolled the exhibit’s “tropical luxuriance and vastness,” and said California outshone all other states.

From Los Angeles Times

An excess of perspiration seemed avoidable, and the attractive luxuriance of summer appeared in evidence.

From Washington Post

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