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Ancestral Lore of luxury

circa 1300, "sexual intercourse"
mid-14th century, "lasciviousness, sinful self-indulgence"
late 14th century, "sensual pleasure"

from Old French luxurie "debauchery, dissoluteness, lust"
from Latin luxuria "prodigality, sumptuousness" (meaning of "sumptuousness" has changed in the meantime, now it would be called "hedonism, addiction to indulgence and pleasure")
Latin luxus "bent, twisted, luxated"

luxury noun
  • addiction to self-indulgence
  • indulgence in and enjoyment of rich, comfortable, and sumptuous living
  • (sometimes plural) something that is considered an indulgence rather than a necessity
  • something pleasant and satisfying
  • (modifier) relating to, indicating, or supplying luxury

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Specific examples and quotes of luxury

“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”

"Crome Yellow", Aldous Huxley

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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