What does luxuriant mean?

Definitions for luxuriant
lʌgˈʒʊər i ənt, lʌkˈʃʊər-lux·u·ri·ant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elaborate, luxuriantadjective

    marked by complexity and richness of detail

    "an elaborate lace pattern"

  2. epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuousadjective

    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

    "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"

  3. exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotousadjective

    produced or growing in extreme abundance

    "their riotous blooming"

GCIDE

  1. Luxuriantadjective

    Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil.

  2. Luxuriantadjective

    Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation.

Wiktionary

  1. luxuriantadjective

    Abundant in growth or detail.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Luxuriantadjective

    Exuberant; superfluously plenteous.

    Etymology: luxurians, Lat.

    A fluent and luxuriant speech becomes youth well, but not age. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    The mantling vine gently creeps luxuriant. John Milton.

    If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so. John Dryden, Ovid’s Epistles. Pref. to.

    Prune the luxuriant, th’ uncouth refine,
    But show no mercy to an empty line. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. luxuriant

    Luxuriant refers to something being rich, abundant, or excessively growth-oriented. It often describes vegetation that grows profusely or is extremely fertile. In a broader sense, it can also relate to anything that is elaborate, ornate, or characterized by extravagance and lavishness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Luxuriantadjective

    exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage

  2. Etymology: [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of luxuriant in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of luxuriant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of luxuriant in a Sentence

  1. Francis Quarles:

    If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

  2. Hakim Jami:

    If the scissors are not used daily on the beard, it will not be long before the beard is, by its luxuriant growth, pretending to be the head.

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