deluxe

or de luxe

[ duh-luhks, -looks ]

adjective

1. of special elegance, sumptuousness, or fineness; high or highest in quality, luxury, etc.:

   a deluxe hotel; a deluxe edition of Shakespeare bound in leather.

adverb

1. in a luxurious or sumptuous manner:

   We always travel deluxe.

Other Words From

• super·de·luxe adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deluxe¹

First recorded in 1810–20, deluxe is from French de luxe “of luxury”

Example Sentences

If you require four-wheel drive to get where you’re going, and don’t care about deluxe sleeping arrangements, take a truck.

From Outside Online

They are releasing a deluxe edition of their 2012 Christmas album.

From Washington Post

This deluxe volume will explore her remarkable life and career through 175 of her best-loved songs.

From Fortune

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the game's first 8-bit adventure is getting the re-release treatment, either as a basic digital version or with a deluxe, physical collection of booklets, maps, and more.

From Ars Technica

Today, many companies manufacture deluxe, anniversary, or other special-event editions of their games.

From Popular-Science

And the engineers had yet another trick up their sleeves: Asteroids Deluxe.

From The Daily Beast

The Mill Valley Market has grown and offers a deluxe delicatessen.

From The Daily Beast

The Deluxe, which was the only one anyone should have got, was $349 and packed in Nintendo Land.

From The Daily Beast

The system released in two versions, the “Basic” and “Deluxe.”

From The Daily Beast

Beck is such a good salesman that Food Insurance even sells the Glenn Beck basic kit and the Glenn Beck deluxe kit on its website.

From The Daily Beast

She looked young and fresh, and adorably dainty; an ideal bride deluxe.

From Project Gutenberg

His books were issued in deluxe, limited editions, and were for public libraries, the shelves of nobility or rich collectors.

From Project Gutenberg

She got a super-deluxe fur coat—Martian tekkyl, no less—out of that Mackenzie River power deal.

From Project Gutenberg

In the downtown section of the city, the girls found a small cafe which advertised a deluxe dinner for one dollar.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the lodgings were hardly deluxe, I did not mind the experience.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• elegant
• luxurious
• opulent
• palatial
• posh
• ritzy
• sumptuous
• swank
• swanky