Crossword clues for luxuries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Luxury \Lux"u*ry\, n.; pl. Luxuries. [L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.]
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A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury.
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Anything which pleases the senses, is not necessary for life, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. Contrasted to necessity.
He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit.
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Lechery; lust. [Obs.]
--Shak.Luxury is in wine and drunkenness.
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Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.]
--Bacon.Syn: Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of luxury English)
Usage examples of "luxuries".
Sometimes, when he'd idled in camp too long, he felt he preferred it to the striving, conniving existence of his fellow drow, the luxuries of Menzoberranzan notwithstanding.
Ford was willing to admit that hauling supplies was less thrilling than chasing pirates, but by the third day he was tired of being dumped on for the luxuries he'd never actually enjoyed.
The elegant homes of the very rich on Earth had once had such amenities, or so his father had told Todd, before living space on the planet became so constricted that such luxuries had been prohibited.
Not to mention having fresh and ready supplies of any edi ble and some of those luxuries above the subsistence level that the City Complexes craved.
Lunzie was becoming happily spoiled by the small luxuries which were rarely available to students or spacefarers.
For the rest of the journey, she had nothing to do but wait, a waiting made more bearable by the friendly crew-women who showered her with attention and minor luxuries - real enough for someone who'd been a slave for years.
She had been accustomed to luxuries, and this austere life-for all she had a roof over her head and food on the table-must have been difficult for a proud woman to bear.
Ruthlessly she cut back on the frills and luxuries of her programming, reducing the power that normally fed her autonomic functions.
Vulnerable to every hazard and large animal on the planet, sensitive to the atmosphere, and deprived of even basic luxuries they were forced to use the only resource left to them: their intellect.
Shower her with unaccustomed luxuries and pervert her until she's spoiled as a decent contributing citizen.
Having a copious supply of thermally heated water was one of the luxuries he enjoyed.
He truly enjoyed the excessive wealth and luxuries, though he would later learn that there was indeed a hefty price to be paid for fame.
The old man-and he was ancient now, closer to ninety than to eighty-enjoyed his luxuries, and enjoyed showing the power and splendor of his guild to all who would look.
The selfish person's greed might bring material luxuries, but cannot bring the true joys, the intangible pleasures of love.
I yearned for a teeming city, full of splendors and luxuries, over which I would rule, and from which I could conquer an empire.