Words / C2

lug-ZHOORR-ee-uh-nt/lʌɡˈʒʊəriənt/

Luxuriant means growing thickly and richly, or, of style, richly elaborate: luxuriant hair, luxuriant prose. Abundant (already in the dictionary) is everyday and wider; florid (already in the dictionary) is flushed or over-decorated. Luxurious is of costly comfort — the mix-up; turgid (already in the dictionary) is pompously swollen. Do not let thick branding hide a chained door.

Meaning

Growing thickly and richly; of style, richly elaborate.

Examples

• “Luxuriant branding still left the fire door chained.”
• “Abundant is everyday (already in B2). Florid is over-ornate (already in C2). Luxurious is of comfort and cost — the mix-up. Turgid is pompously overwritten (already in C2). Growth on the right object can be exact. A thick logo-field that never names the warden is theatre. Unlock first; then the foliage.”

Good to know

Thickly abundant (growth or style). Everyday: lush / abundant (already in this dictionary). Close: florid (already in C2). Mix-up: luxurious (costly comfort). Contrast: turgid (pompous — already in C2). Branding ≠ an exit.

Near in meaning

lush, abundant, profuse, teeming

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