luxe

[ looks, luhks; French lyks ]

noun

1. luxury; elegance; sumptuousness: Compare deluxe.

   accommodations providing luxe at low rates.

adjective

1. luxurious; deluxe:

   luxe accommodations.

luxe

/ lʌks; lyks; lʊks /

noun

1. See de luxe

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxe¹

1550–60; < French < Latin luxus excess

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxe¹

C16: from French from Latin luxus extravagance, luxury

Example Sentences

For Zuckerberg, Business Insider pegs his shift away from gray tees and toward jeans and luxe sweaters as happening around in 2018, a few years after he’d bought Instagram and WhatsApp.

From Salon

Abbasi opens the film with punk-rock flair, with young Donald, his Redford-inspired coif whipping in the wind, hitting the streets of Manhattan, mooning over the rundown Commodore Hotel, making his way inside the dark, luxe interior of the private Le Club.

From Los Angeles Times

Starz’s drama reflects that through broad airy shots of the open road and varied landscapes – the luxe green of Rhode Island, the spare chill of North Dakota, and the hay-spun softness of Indiana, where Lina lives and is dying to truly live.

From Salon

The nearly 14,000-square-foot area features a variety of luxe amenities, including a bespoke food menu from executive chef Nancy Silverton, a spa area with chair massages and mini-manicures, and shower suites.

From Los Angeles Times

Baldoni’s stylistic approach to crafting Hoover’s world is to offer the romantic escapist fantasy inherent to the literary and cinematic genre: elaborate costume and production design, luxe interiors, a Boston where it mysteriously never snows, extensive courtship and seduction montages set to contemporary indie ballads.

From Los Angeles Times