given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like: a person with luxurious tastes. given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent: a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.

What does it mean to feel luxurious?

1 : characterized by opulence, sumptuousness, or rich abundance : of, relating to, or marked by luxury luxurious accommodations. 2 : pleasure loving : fond of luxury or self-indulgence luxurious tastes luxurious feeling.

Why is it called luxury?

Latin had two similar words with overlapping meanings: luxus, meaning “luxury” or “excess,” and luxuria, which meant “rankness” or “offensiveness.” These terms became luxe and luxure in French, with meanings that preserved the distinctions of the original Latin. ...