An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LUXURY
luxury
(noun) something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
(noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness
(noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
luxury (countable and uncountable, plural luxuries)
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
Something desirable but expensive.
Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.
Antonyms
• (dispensable thing): necessity
Adjective
luxury (comparative more luxury, superlative most luxury)
very expensive
not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
(automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
Coordinate terms
(automotive)
• premium
• economy
Source: Wiktionary
Lux"u*ry, n.; pl. Luxuries. Etym: [L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.]
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. Spectator.
2. Anything which pleases the senses, 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. 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. Addison.
3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. Chaucer.
4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] Bacon.
Syn.
– Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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