Verb (used without object), : to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth. ,The plants luxuriated in the new soil. From Dictionary.com.
It is tempting to make this assumption, seemingly supported by a tradition of scholarship devoted to a luxuriation of layered commentary on a five hundred year old primary text. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic] Reference
Unlike poor Rand McNally, Ziller was not obliged to limit his cartograms to representations of the earth's familiar surface; no, his maps could and did indulge in languorous luxuriation, in psycho-cosmic ornament that may or may not be helpful to motorists seeking the most convenient route from there to here. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
The way he suns himself here -- like a cat purring in his luxuriation. From Wordnik.com. [Touch and Go] Reference
The same genial climate there was; the same luxuriation of nature in her early prime; the same ignorance of his own origin in the tenant of this lovely scenery; and the same eager desire to learn it. From Wordnik.com. [Memorials and Other Papers — Complete] Reference
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