luxuriantadj.

Brit.

/lʌɡˈʒʊərɪənt/,

/ləɡˈʒʊərɪənt/,

/lʌɡˈzjʊərɪənt/,

/ləɡˈzjʊərɪənt/,

/lʌkˈsjʊərɪənt/,

/ləkˈsjʊərɪənt/, U.S.

/ləɡˈʒʊriənt/,

/ləkˈʃʊriənt/

Forms: Also 1500s luxurient.

Etymology: < Latin luxuriant-em, present participle of luxuriāre to grow rank, < luxuria luxury n.

a. Producing abundantly, prolific. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich

goodOE

fruitfula1300

gladc1420

unlean?1440

richa1522

batwell1534

battle?1542

luxuriant?c1550

yielding1556

gleby1566

yieldable1577

hearty1580

yieldy1598

liking1600

well-natured1600

lusty1601

growthsome1610

thankful1610

pregnant1615

in heart1626

grateful1832

fatty1855

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 19 The grownde is luxurient and frutefull.

1712 A. Pope tr. Ovid Fable Vertumnus & Pomona in Misc. Poems 130 The Growth of the luxuriant Year.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 44 The soil of the Island is truly luxuriant.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 462 The country still retains a luxuriant fertility.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 131 The soil was..fertile and luxuriant.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 74 It was..luxuriant as the valleys of Devon.

†b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. Here the luxuriant Chin quite down is mown.

a. Of plants, etc.: Growing profusely, exuberant, rank. †Of flesh: Growing to excess (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > flourishing or luxuriant in growth

greeneOE

frimOE

ranka1325

wlonk1398

flourishingc1400

rankish1495

frank?1548

gole1573

abled1576

wanton1579

proud1597

unseared1599

unwithered1599

ramping1607

lusha1616

fulsome1633

luxurious1644

rampant1648

luxuriant1661

lascivious1698

pert1727

unnipped1775

verdurous1820

happy1875

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > proud flesh or granulation

superflue?a1425

gravelous?1541

granulous1547

proud1607

fungous1634

luxuriant1661

luxurious1676

fungoid1820

granular1833

granulated1835

granulative1883

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > vigorous in growth

ranka1325

well-grownc1405

well-shooted1633

luxurious1644

luxuriant1661

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 230 If stamped and applied they compresse luxuriant flesh.

a1667 A. Cowley Death Mrs. K. Philips iv. Wit's like a Luxuriant Vine.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 54 [The Ploughman] Sends in his feeding Flocks betimes t' invade The rising bulk of the luxuriant Blade.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. ii. 10 Her Hair..was so luxuriant, that it reached her Middle.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 64 The luxuriant olive by a swain Rear'd in some solitude.

1835 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. iii. 35 The dark nasturtium is a fine colour, and very luxuriant.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 365 The tops of white turnips are long and luxuriant at the commencement of the season.

1883 19th Cent. May 763 Strong and luxuriant hair is accompanied by regular and durable teeth.

b. spec. in Botany (see quots. 1760, 1852).

ΚΠ

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. 53 A Flower is said to be luxuriant, when some of the Parts of Fructification are augmented in Number, and others thereby excluded.

1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 251 When of a luxuriant growth, the numbers often increase, especially the number of the pistils.

1852 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Luxuriant... Generally applied where a superabundance of nutriment causes the organs of nutrition to be more developed than those of fructification.

3. In immaterial applications.

a. Of invention, genius, fancy, etc.: Exuberantly productive. Of speech, action, etc.: Abundant, profuse, excessive. Of ornamentation: Excessively rich or florid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > profuse, luxurious, or lush

ranka1325

exuberanta1513

profuse1542

lavish1576

profused1608

redundant1621

luxuriant1625

luxurious1644

lush1851

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 250 A fluent and Luxuriant Speech..becomes Youth well, but not Age.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. iii. 53 If hee will give lesse scope to his luxuriant pen, speak more cautiously.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 443 Mistake not these things for arbitrary flourishes of Luxuriant fancy.

1745 J. Swift Ode to Sir W. Temple in Misc. X. 200 How is the Muse luxuriant grown.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 87 Restraining it [the common law] where it was too lax and luxuriant.

1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. xvii. 75 The irish jig, which they can dance with a most luxuriant expression.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 43 Brown was a luxuriant genius.

1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 121 The vivid colour, the luxuriant architecture remind us of Paul Veronese.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 415 A luxuriant imagination proceeds on the facility of retaining scenes of every description.

1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1200 Rules were given with respect to the luxuriant ornamentation of the churches.

†b. Excessively prosperous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > very or excessively prosperous

luxuriant1654

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 76 Luxuriant and wanton times cause Princes like iron to rust for want of use.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 330. ⁋3 By many Losses..reduced from a very luxuriant Trade and Credit to very narrow Circumstances.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. x. 161 The luxuriant great ones of the world shall no more tread us to the earth.

†c. Of a disease: Abundantly prevalent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > relating to other types of disease

simplea1398

luxuriant1656

undiagnosed1864

recurred1887

diagnosable1891

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 24 Arthritis that is vagrant is Scorbutical... The parts affected are the Nerves; because it is very luxuriant in the back and the loins.

4. Misused for: luxurious adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things)

delicatec1400

delicious?c1450

fleshpot1535

lascivious1589

nice1621

mollitious1629

luxurious1650

luxuriant1671

voluptuous1816

de luxe1819

plushy1884

plush1890

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2129 Being the most delicious and luxuriant Cider..that ever I knew.

1885 C. Gibbon Hard Knot I. v. 69 It was a splendid apartment,..luxuriant to a degree.

Derivatives

luˈxuriantly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > thickly or luxuriantly

thickly?1611

luxuriantly1725

riotously1835

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb]

amply1442

copiously1534

spaciously1614

enlargedly1625

voluminously1633

exuberantly1782

expansively1839

luxuriantly1840

1725 C. Pitt tr. M. G. Vida Art Poetry iii. 109 In wide array luxuriantly he pours A crowd of words, and opens all his stores.

1786 R. Burns Poems 178 The sacred lowe o' weel-plac'd love, Luxuriantly indulge it.

1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 637 Round each new discovery wreathed Luxuriantly the fancies infantine.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 16 Nowhere..does this tree flourish more luxuriantly than in Denmark.

† luˈxuriantness n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Luxuriantness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	luxuriant
释义	luxuriantadj. Brit. /lʌɡˈʒʊərɪənt/, /ləɡˈʒʊərɪənt/, /lʌɡˈzjʊərɪənt/, /ləɡˈzjʊərɪənt/, /lʌkˈsjʊərɪənt/, /ləkˈsjʊərɪənt/, U.S. /ləɡˈʒʊriənt/, /ləkˈʃʊriənt/ Forms: Also 1500s luxurient. Etymology: < Latin luxuriant-em, present participle of luxuriāre to grow rank, < luxuria luxury n. 1. a. Producing abundantly, prolific. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich goodOE fruitfula1300 gladc1420 unlean?1440 richa1522 batwell1534 battle?1542 luxuriant?c1550 yielding1556 gleby1566 yieldable1577 hearty1580 yieldy1598 liking1600 well-natured1600 lusty1601 growthsome1610 thankful1610 pregnant1615 in heart1626 grateful1832 fatty1855 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 19 The grownde is luxurient and frutefull. 1712 A. Pope tr. Ovid Fable Vertumnus & Pomona in Misc. Poems 130 The Growth of the luxuriant Year. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 44 The soil of the Island is truly luxuriant. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 462 The country still retains a luxuriant fertility. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 131 The soil was..fertile and luxuriant. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 74 It was..luxuriant as the valleys of Devon. †b. transferred. ΚΠ 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. Here the luxuriant Chin quite down is mown. 2. a. Of plants, etc.: Growing profusely, exuberant, rank. †Of flesh: Growing to excess (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > flourishing or luxuriant in growth greeneOE frimOE ranka1325 wlonk1398 flourishingc1400 rankish1495 frank?1548 gole1573 abled1576 wanton1579 proud1597 unseared1599 unwithered1599 ramping1607 lusha1616 fulsome1633 luxurious1644 rampant1648 luxuriant1661 lascivious1698 pert1727 unnipped1775 verdurous1820 happy1875 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > proud flesh or granulation superflue?a1425 gravelous?1541 granulous1547 proud1607 fungous1634 luxuriant1661 luxurious1676 fungoid1820 granular1833 granulated1835 granulative1883 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > vigorous in growth ranka1325 well-grownc1405 well-shooted1633 luxurious1644 luxuriant1661 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 230 If stamped and applied they compresse luxuriant flesh. a1667 A. Cowley Death Mrs. K. Philips iv. Wit's like a Luxuriant Vine. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 54 [The Ploughman] Sends in his feeding Flocks betimes t' invade The rising bulk of the luxuriant Blade. View more context for this quotation 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. ii. 10 Her Hair..was so luxuriant, that it reached her Middle. View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 64 The luxuriant olive by a swain Rear'd in some solitude. 1835 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. iii. 35 The dark nasturtium is a fine colour, and very luxuriant. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 365 The tops of white turnips are long and luxuriant at the commencement of the season. 1883 19th Cent. May 763 Strong and luxuriant hair is accompanied by regular and durable teeth. b. spec. in Botany (see quots. 1760, 1852). ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. 53 A Flower is said to be luxuriant, when some of the Parts of Fructification are augmented in Number, and others thereby excluded. 1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 251 When of a luxuriant growth, the numbers often increase, especially the number of the pistils. 1852 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Luxuriant... Generally applied where a superabundance of nutriment causes the organs of nutrition to be more developed than those of fructification. 3. In immaterial applications. a. Of invention, genius, fancy, etc.: Exuberantly productive. Of speech, action, etc.: Abundant, profuse, excessive. Of ornamentation: Excessively rich or florid. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > profuse, luxurious, or lush ranka1325 exuberanta1513 profuse1542 lavish1576 profused1608 redundant1621 luxuriant1625 luxurious1644 lush1851 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 250 A fluent and Luxuriant Speech..becomes Youth well, but not Age. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. iii. 53 If hee will give lesse scope to his luxuriant pen, speak more cautiously. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 443 Mistake not these things for arbitrary flourishes of Luxuriant fancy. 1745 J. Swift Ode to Sir W. Temple in Misc. X. 200 How is the Muse luxuriant grown. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 87 Restraining it [the common law] where it was too lax and luxuriant. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. xvii. 75 The irish jig, which they can dance with a most luxuriant expression. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 43 Brown was a luxuriant genius. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 121 The vivid colour, the luxuriant architecture remind us of Paul Veronese. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 415 A luxuriant imagination proceeds on the facility of retaining scenes of every description. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1200 Rules were given with respect to the luxuriant ornamentation of the churches. †b. Excessively prosperous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > very or excessively prosperous luxuriant1654 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 76 Luxuriant and wanton times cause Princes like iron to rust for want of use. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 330. ⁋3 By many Losses..reduced from a very luxuriant Trade and Credit to very narrow Circumstances. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. x. 161 The luxuriant great ones of the world shall no more tread us to the earth. †c. Of a disease: Abundantly prevalent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > relating to other types of disease simplea1398 luxuriant1656 undiagnosed1864 recurred1887 diagnosable1891 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 24 Arthritis that is vagrant is Scorbutical... The parts affected are the Nerves; because it is very luxuriant in the back and the loins. 4. Misused for: luxurious adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things) delicatec1400 delicious?c1450 fleshpot1535 lascivious1589 nice1621 mollitious1629 luxurious1650 luxuriant1671 voluptuous1816 de luxe1819 plushy1884 plush1890 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2129 Being the most delicious and luxuriant Cider..that ever I knew. 1885 C. Gibbon Hard Knot I. v. 69 It was a splendid apartment,..luxuriant to a degree. Derivatives luˈxuriantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > thickly or luxuriantly thickly?1611 luxuriantly1725 riotously1835 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] amply1442 copiously1534 spaciously1614 enlargedly1625 voluminously1633 exuberantly1782 expansively1839 luxuriantly1840 1725 C. Pitt tr. M. G. Vida Art Poetry iii. 109 In wide array luxuriantly he pours A crowd of words, and opens all his stores. 1786 R. Burns Poems 178 The sacred lowe o' weel-plac'd love, Luxuriantly indulge it. 1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 637 Round each new discovery wreathed Luxuriantly the fancies infantine. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 16 Nowhere..does this tree flourish more luxuriantly than in Denmark. † luˈxuriantness n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Luxuriantness. 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