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Lux*u`ri*a"tion (?), n. The act or process of luxuriating.

Lux`u*ri"e*ty (?), n. Luxuriance. [Obs.]

Lux*u"ri*ous (?), a. [L. luxuriosus: cf. F. luxurieux. See Luxury.] Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease. " Luxurious cities. " Milton.

-- Lux*u"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ness, n.

Lux"u*rist (?), n. One given to luxury. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Lux"u*ry (?), n.; pl. Luxuries (#). [L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.] 1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury.

Spectator.

2. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.

He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit.

Addison.

3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak.

Luxury is in wine and drunkenness.

Chaucer.

4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.

Luz (?), n. A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute. Brande & C.

-ly (?). [OE. -lich, AS. -lic, orig. the same word as E. like, a. See Like, a.] A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance.

Ly"am (?), n. [See Leam.] A leash. [Obs.]

Ly"can*thrope (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; a wolf + &?; a man.] 1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.

2. One affected with lycanthropy.

||Ly`can*thro"pi*a (?), n. [NL.] See Lycanthropy, 2. || Ly`can*throp"ic (?), a. Pertaining to lycanthropy.

Ly*can"thro*pist (?), n. One affected by the disease lycanthropy.

Ly*can"thro*pous (?), a. Lycanthropic.

Ly*can"thro*py (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. lycanthropie.] 1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. Lowell.

2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

Ly*ce"um (?), n.; pl. E. Lyceums (#), L. Lycea (#). [L. lyceum, Gr. &?;, so named after the neighboring temple of &?; &?; Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. &?; belonging to a wolf, fr &?; wolf. See Wolf.] 1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.