LUXURY

luxury|luxe. Luxury, or Luxe, n. excess in eating, dress or pleasure

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Lux″u‐ry (?), n.; pl. Luxuries (#). [[L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.]] 1. 1. 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. Spectator. 2. 2. Anything which pleases the senses, 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.
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. Addison. 3. 3. Lechery; lust. Shak.
Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. Chaucer. 4. 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. Bacon.
Syn. — Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.