All 3 Uses of
luxurious
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- My beloved was interrogated to the tune of a broken rib, taken to Léopoldville, and imprisoned in the rat-infested courtyard of what was once a luxurious embassy.†
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- The mansion itself has been converted to twelve comfortable rooms of various sizes, all quite luxurious, with two full baths on each floor.†
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- To Anatole and me they seemed absurdly luxurious.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(luxurious) rich and superior in quality
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic literature, luxurious could mean excessively indulgent in sensual pleasures or being lustful.