Luxury /(?)/

pl. Luxuries

1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

   Riches expose a man to pride and luxury.

2. Anything which pleases the senses, is not necessary for life, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. Contrasted to necessity.

   He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit.

3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.]

   Luxury is in wine and drunkenness.

4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.]