Middle English Dictionary Entry
luxūriǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | luxūriǒus adj. Also luxorious, luxsorious. |
| Etymology | OF luxurïos, AF luxurious. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lustful, lecherous; (b) wanton, outrageous.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)652 : Þe deuelen, þat houen abouen ous, Euer be luxsorius.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1349 : Appius, A iuge ontrewe, proud and luxurious.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.1294 : Pryncis besechyng, that wer luxurious To..folwe..Drusus..which..neuer hadde lust but onli to his wiff.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)51.227 : A knyht..wheche A synnere & luxorious schal be, but..Of gret bownte..Clepid Lawncelot.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.1123 : Gawneyns..was A worthy Man In fyhte, but that luxoryows [F luxurieus] he was.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)77/24 : Ye arn grete glotouns and luxuriouse [Rwl: lecchoures; L luxuriosi].
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)50/4 : Ye had ben in her [Mary's] chirche..hauinge luxurious lokes [F folz regars], countenaunces, and signes in her chirche atte the masse.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)507 : She was the moste hotest woman of all Breteigne, and moste luxuriouse [F luxurieuse].
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.128 : And letcherie thogh yt some als in dede vses noght, Ȝit erre thay luxuryouse in fowle words or in thoght [L non luxurientur facto..Tamen luxuriantur cogitatione].
b
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.343 : I se that goode men ben overthrowen..and every luxurious turmentour [L flagitiosum quemque] dar doon alle felonye unpunysschyd.