- 1(of plants or hair) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive luxuriant vegetation thick, luxuriant hair
- 2(especially of art or the atmosphere of a place) rich in something that is pleasant or beautiful the poet’s luxuriant imagery Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin luxuriant- ‘growing rankly’, from the verb luxuriare, from luxuria ‘luxury, rankness’.
luxuriant
adjectiveBrE BrE//lʌɡˈʒʊəriənt//; NAmE NAmE//lʌɡˈʒʊriənt//
Describing hairCheck pronunciation: luxuriant