Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of luxuriating; the process of growing exuberantly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of luxuriating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
enjoying orexperiencing luxury .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment
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Examples
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It is tempting to make this assumption, seemingly supported by a tradition of scholarship devoted to a luxuriation of layered commentary on a five hundred year old primary text.
Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008
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Unlike poor Rand McNally, Ziller was not obliged to limit his cartograms to representations of the earth's familiar surface; no, his maps could and did indulge in languorous luxuriation, in psycho-cosmic ornament that may or may not be helpful to motorists seeking the most convenient route from there to here.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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The way he suns himself here -- like a cat purring in his luxuriation.
Touch and Go 1907
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The same genial climate there was; the same luxuriation of nature in her early prime; the same ignorance of his own origin in the tenant of this lovely scenery; and the same eager desire to learn it.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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The same genial climate there was; the same luxuriation of nature in her early prime; the same ignorance of his own origin in the tenant of this lovely scenery; and the same eager desire to learn it.
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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