As a noun luxury
is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
As an adjective luxury
is very expensive.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
luxury
Noun
(luxuries)
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
Something desirable but expensive.
*
*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic??”
Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.
Antonyms
* (dispensable thing) necessity
Adjective
(
en adjective)
very expensive
not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
Related terms
* luxuriant
* luxuriate
* luxurious
* luxuriously
External links
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x
Translingual
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wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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