luxury
part of speech
noun (luxury; a luxury, luxuries); adjective use (luxury hotel)
meaning for a pupil
1) Luxury is great comfort and expensive, beautiful things. tree →
2) A luxury is something nice that you do not really need, like expensive chocolate or a holiday. tree →
3) As an adjective: expensive and comfortable, as in «a luxury car». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means soft, rich living. Proverbs says it does not suit a fool. Interpretation: Proverbs warns that people who have not earned wealth and honour misuse it. The sages praised simple living. In the primary lessons: Used in everyday life, shopping, adverts and lessons on needs and wants. Phrases: «live in luxury», «a little luxury», «luxury hotel», «luxury goods». In money lessons, luxuries are «wants», not «needs».
examples
- Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hotel was full of luxury. tree →
- A hot bath is my little luxury. tree →
- Food is a need, but a games console is a luxury. tree →
- The film star lived in luxury. tree →
- They stayed in a luxury cabin by the lake. tree →
- Holidays abroad are a luxury for many families. tree →
- They were a rich, noble family, born in affluence and nurtured in luxury. tree →
note
Plural: luxuries. Adjective: luxurious. Pronounced «LUK-shuh-ree» or «LUG-zhuh-ree». In budgeting: pay for needs first, then luxuries.
In the corpora
- Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- The Rat jokes about the missing luxuries and comes back from the cellar with bottles of beer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «luxury» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.