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Definition: Lap Of Luxury |
Lap Of LuxuryNoun1. In conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours. |
Intemperance | Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical; bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury; indulged, pampered; full-fed, high-fed. |
Noun: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living. | |
Physical Pleasure | Noun: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness. Adjective: dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow. (support); luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe. (intemperance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lap of Luxury (1994) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lap of luxury | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lap of luxury"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | von Luxus umgeben (in the lap of luxury). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | jólétben tobzódva (in the lap of luxury), jólétben (in the lap of luxury). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aplay ofay uxurylay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-l-o-p-r-u-u-x-y" | |
-4 letters: payroll, playful. | |
-5 letters: floral, floury, foully, lapful, luxury, orally, pallor, plural, pyrola. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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