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luxuriant

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

adjective

  1. abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.

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

    to settle in luxuriant country.

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  3. richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.

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


luxuriant

/ ʌɡˈʊəɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. rich and abundant; lush
  2. very elaborate or ornate
  3. extremely productive or fertile
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Derived Forms

  • ܳˈܰԳ, noun
  • ܳˈܰԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܳ·۾·Գ· adverb
  • v·ܳ·۾·Գ adjective
  • over·ܳ·۾·Գ· adverb
  • ܲlܳ·۾·Գ adjective
  • unܳ·۾·Գ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant1

1530–40; < Latin luxuriant- (stem of ܳܰԲ ), present participle of ܳܰ to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant1

C16: from Latin ܳܰԲ, present participle of ܳܰ to abound to excess
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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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In Sinaloa, Mexico, where luxuriant corn fields carpet the plains between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Gulf of California, short corn is already having an impact.

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