luxuriance
pronunciation
How to pronounce luxuriance in British English:
UK [lʌɡ'ʒʊərɪəns]
How to pronounce luxuriance in American English:
US [lʌɡ'ʒʊərɪrns]
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- Noun:
- the property of being lush and abundant
Word Origin
- luxuriance (n.)
- 1650s; see luxuriant + -ance. Related: Luxuriancy (1640s).
Example
- 1. The very luxuriance of the country displeased him .
- 2. So the game best displays the motion and luxuriance of motor sport thoroughly .
- 3. Still , all the rank luxuriance of wyman 's universe of possibles would seem to come to naught when we make a slight change in the example and speak not of pegasus but of the round square cupola on berkeley college .