luxuriance
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- overluxuriance noun
Etymology
Origin of luxuriance
First recorded in 1720–30; luxuri(ant) + -ance
Example Sentences
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Silken material ensured that this collection maintained a real sense of luxuriance throughout.
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2021
“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 • Apr. 16, 2021
He writes about "virgin forests," "tropical luxuriance," "wild denizens" and their "gloomy recesses" and "the poetry of savage wilderness."
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2021
The Chicago Graphic extolled the exhibit’s “tropical luxuriance and vastness,” and said California outshone all other states.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019
Florists have said that nowhere else does it bloom with such luxuriance as around the Irish capital.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
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