luxury
/ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/ noun B1- Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create. · Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence
- Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
- Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
Plural luxuries
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“Yes; I know that there is a secret of luxury and pain in death, as well as in life; the only thing is to understand it.”
At a certain corner he came to a standstill, proposing to himself the question of turning back toward the showy and fashionable restaurant in which he usually dined on the evenings of his especial luxury.
His brief season of elegant luxury would be doubly enjoyable if he could add to it a lady’s society.
“It won’t be the same thing as having her here all the time,” sighed Marilla gloomily, determined to enjoy her luxury of grief uncomforted.
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