Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LUX-U'RI-OUS, a. [Fr. luxurieux; L. luxuriosus, from luxo, to loosen; luxor, to riot.]

1. Voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive, dress and equipage; as, a luxurious life; luxurious cities.
2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress and equipage; as, luxurious wealth. – Milton.
3. Furnished with luxuries; as, a luxurious table.
4. Softening by pleasure, or free indulgence in luxury; as, luxurious ease.
5. Lustful; libidinous; given to the gratification of lust; as, a luxurious bed. – Shak.
6. Luxuriant; exuberant. The work under our labor grows / Luxurious by restraint. [Not used.] – Milton.