luˈxuriousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being luxurious; † lasciviousness (obs.); indulgence in luxury or pleasure, voluptuousness; also profuseness, prodigality.
| 1542 Boorde Dyetary xxi. (1870) 285 Cucumbers restrayneth veneryousnes, or lassyuyousnes, or luxuryousnes. 1598 R. Barckley Felic. Man (1631) 317 Ungodlinesse troubleth the Church, Injustice the common-wealth, Luxuriousnesse private families. 1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. i. (1739) 4 Retaining a tincture of..the luxuriousness of his great Grandfather Edward the Second. 1847 Pusey tr. Horst's Paradise i. iii. (1871) I. 35 From all luxuriousness and uncleanness Deliver us. 1872 Spectator 7 Sept. 1142 The almost Asiatic luxuriousness with which it is illustrated. 1889 Brydall Art in Scotl. xiv. 311 A luxuriousness of effective light and shade. |