luxuriant

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

adjective

1. abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.

   Synonyms: teeming

2. producing abundantly, as soil; fertile; fruitful; productive.

   to settle in luxuriant country.

   Synonyms: prolific, fruitful

3. richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.

   Synonyms: copious

4. florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint.

luxuriant

/ lʌɡˈzjʊərɪənt /

adjective

1. rich and abundant; lush

2. very elaborate or ornate

3. extremely productive or fertile

Other Word Forms

• luxuriance noun
• luxuriantly adverb
• overluxuriant adjective
• overluxuriantly adverb
• unluxuriant adjective
• unluxuriantly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant¹

1530–40; < Latin luxuriant- (stem of luxuriāns ), present participle of luxuriāre to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant¹

C16: from Latin luxuriāns, present participle of luxuriāre to abound to excess

Example Sentences

“The military-grade haircut is gone, in favour of a luxuriant ginger mullet.”

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These consisted of a Rameau/Handel program, studies in luxuriant sonorities.

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Never explicitly, “All We Imagine as Light,” a miraculously subtle piece of work, poses all of the questions above, spreading a luxuriant, hypnotic ennui.

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In place of velvet and luxuriant lushness, there was fixating intensity and raw power.

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She said they mow the lawn down to about 3 inches tall, but it grows back quickly into luxuriant waves.

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Related Words

• lush 
• opulent 
• sumptuous