luxuriance
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From luxuri(ant) + -ance.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹiəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]luxuriance (countable and uncountable, plural luxuriances)
- The property of being luxuriant.
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides:
- Yet such was the luxuriance of the tropical growth that the rats had not attained such numbers as to provide competition among members of the species.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Luxuriance”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1 (L), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519, column 2: “f. Luxuriant: see -ance.”
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]luxuriance f (plural luxuriances)
Further reading
[edit]- “luxuriance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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