Luxuriant
/lʌɡˈʒʊəri.ənt/noun
Growing thickly and abundantly; lush or profuse.
Did you know?Luxuriant comes from the same Latin family as words for excess and indulgence, because in early usage abundance could feel dangerously close to going out of control.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
luxuriāns
“growing rank, exuberant, overflowing”
Latin
Latin
luxuria
“excess, extravagance, luxury”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leugʰ-
“to bend, be loose, or be weak”
Late Latin
Latin
luxuriantem
“abundant, rank, overgrown”
Middle English
English
luxuriant
“lush, abundant, growing in profusion”
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