luxuriance
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of luxuriance
First recorded in 1720–30; luxuri(ant) + -ance
Explanation
A sense of richness, extreme comfort, and abundance is also called luxuriance. The soft sheets, large television, and chocolates on the pillow in your fancy hotel room all contribute to its luxuriance. If you're used to taking the bus to school and work, even on cold winter mornings, you'll enjoy a few days riding in the luxuriance of your friend's brand new car with its heated leather seats. And if you travel to a country where people have trouble finding enough food to eat, you'll appreciate the relative luxuriance of your comfortable life and fully stocked refrigerator. Luxuriance comes from the Latin luxuriare, "have to excess."
Example Sentences
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He writes about "virgin forests," "tropical luxuriance," "wild denizens" and their "gloomy recesses" and "the poetry of savage wilderness."
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2021
A luxuriance of long words, baroque case endings, and irregular everything—the Native American tongues!
From Slate • May 12, 2020
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
The styles worked well thanks to contrasting, chic touches, such as large cream fur coat cuffs that added luxuriance.
From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2019
And the vines are not stunted and ugly, but large, leafy, growing with a rank luxuriance.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)
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