luxuriant

[ luhg-zhoor-ee-uhnt, luhk-shoor- ]

adjective

1. abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.

   Synonyms: teeming

2. producing abundantly, as soil; fertile; fruitful; productive:

   to settle in luxuriant country.

   Synonyms: prolific, fruitful

3. richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.

   Synonyms: copious

4. florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint.

luxuriant

/ lʌɡˈzjʊərɪənt /

adjective

1. rich and abundant; lush
2. very elaborate or ornate
3. extremely productive or fertile

Usage

See luxurious

Derived Forms

• luxˈuriance, noun
• luxˈuriantly, adverb

Other Words From

• lux·uri·ant·ly adverb
• over·lux·uri·ant adjective
• over·lux·uri·ant·ly adverb
• unlux·uri·ant adjective
• unlux·uri·ant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant¹

1530–40; < Latin luxuriant- (stem of luxuriāns ), present participle of luxuriāre to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxuriant¹

C16: from Latin luxuriāns, present participle of luxuriāre to abound to excess

Example Sentences

In place of velvet and luxuriant lushness, there was fixating intensity and raw power.

From Los Angeles Times

She said they mow the lawn down to about 3 inches tall, but it grows back quickly into luxuriant waves.

From Los Angeles Times

Nevertheless, Gus Van Sant’s luxuriant directing ensures that “Capote Vs. The Swans” is aesthetically solid, especially in interludes such as the black and white third episode’s retreat to 1966 for a fictionalized project by the Maysles brothers – an invented scenario in which Capote plays each swan’s vanity against the others leading up to his storied Black and White Ball.

From Salon

She said they mow the lawn down to about 3 inches tall, but it grows back quickly into luxuriant waves.

From Los Angeles Times

When we first meet Eugénie, she is preparing a lavish meal for Dodin and his coterie of culinary devotees, as we see in a gloriously luxuriant sequence that has the panache and precision of a great musical number.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• lush
• opulent
• sumptuous