luxurity

luxurity noun: the quality of being luxurious.

Noun

luxurity (countable and uncountable, plural luxurities)

(uncountable) The quality of being luxurious.
- Cicero deſcribeth the murthering of Roſcius, the luxurity and ryots of Anthony, with many others moe.1577, Henry Pecham, The Garden of Eloquence: Conteyning the Figures of Grammer and Rhetorick, […], London: […] H. Iackson
- […] a ſhame were it therefore for vs to imitate ſo painfullie, as many doe in eloquence Cicero, in philoſophy Ariſtotle, in lawe Iuſtinian, in Phyſicke Galen, for worldlie wiſedome yea to imitate, as moſt doe, the French in vanity, the Dutch in luxurity, in brauery the Spaniſh, the Papiſts in...1580 July 30, Thomas Rogers, “The first Epistle of the translator touching Christian imitation in general, to the faithful imitators of our Sauior Christ in England S.”, in Of the Imitation of...
(countable) Something that is luxurious.
- How deeply would the luxurities of Europe be curtailed if the supplies of other countries were withheld?1844, Thomas Williams, A Sketch of the Relations Which Subsist Between the Three Kingdoms of Nature: The Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal: […], […] J. Williams, […], Swansea; and […] Longman, Brown...
- If the parasites of the society do not want any more the luxurities of Madrid then they are able to bath their nerves in the town upon the Seine, and to reach it for this purpose within a day’s time.1924, Woodworkers, Painters & Buildingworkers Journal, page 109

I meane miſchieuous pride, gredy couetouſnes and filthy luxurity.1583 October, Iohn Foxe, Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happenyng in the Church, with an Vniuersall History of...
[…] men effeminated and women impudent, vſing ritches as ſeruants to wickedneſſe, and preuenting natures appetite with want on luxurity; […]1600, Clement Edmunds, Observations, vpon the Five First Bookes of Cæsars Commentaries, Setting Fourth the Practise of the Art Military, in...
All was heat there, and light, and luxurity, and gaiety, and the revel ran higher and higher.[1859], “Change of Masters”, in The Cave in the Hills; or, Cæcilius Viriathus. A Tale of the Early British Church., London: John Henry and...
Mere lads, or beardless young men, appear to do the most of the Wall street work now, and they place no limit upon the ministering sources of their luxurity.1869 October 9, W. R. Linn, editor, The Star of the Valley, volume XI, number 39, Newville, Pa.: J. B. Morrow, […], page [2], column 3:

plural	luxurities

From luxur(ious) + -ity.

What does luxurity mean?: Luxurity means the quality of being luxurious.
How do you use luxurity in a sentence?: I meane miſchieuous pride, gredy couetouſnes and filthy luxurity.
What part of speech is luxurity?: Luxurity is a noun.
What is the plural of luxurity?: The plural of luxurity is luxurities.

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