luxuriant
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, past participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/, /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.ənt/, /ləɡ-/, /-ɔːɹi.ənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ləɡˈʒʊɹi.ənt/, /ləkˈʃʊɹi.ənt/, /-ɝi.ənt/
Adjective edit
luxuriant (comparative more luxuriant, superlative most luxuriant)
- Abundant in growth or detail.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 309–310:
- She wore a dress of azure blue velvet, with a deep border of gold; her luxuriant hair was put back from her brow in a style which no face but the most perfect could have borne, and was then gathered in a form like that of an ancient helmet, every plait glittering with diamonds: it was peculiar, but it suited her.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
abundant in growth or detail
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /lyk.sy.ʁjɑ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file) - Homophone: luxuriants
Adjective edit
luxuriant (feminine luxuriante, masculine plural luxuriants, feminine plural luxuriantes)
Further reading edit
- “luxuriant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
lū̆xuriant
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French luxuriant, from Latin luxurians.
Adjective edit
luxuriant m or n (feminine singular luxuriantă, masculine plural luxurianți, feminine and neuter plural luxuriante)
Declension edit
Declension of luxuriant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | luxuriant | luxuriantă | luxurianți | luxuriante | ||
definite | luxuriantul | luxurianta | luxurianții | luxuriantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | luxuriant | luxuriante | luxurianți | luxuriante | ||
definite | luxuriantului | luxuriantei | luxurianților | luxuriantelor |