Obs. exc. as in 2. Also 7 lux. [a. F. luxe, ad. L. luxus.]
† 1. Luxury. Obs.
1558. in Froude, Hist. Eng., VI. 399, note. While they … in luxe and lewdness, did sail in a sure port.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Spectacles, xviii. Ambition, Luxe, and Avarice.
1636. E. Dacres, trans. Machiavel’s Disc. Livy, I. ii. 12. To exceed others in luxe and wantonnesse.
1661. Evelyn, Tyrannus (ed. 2), 14. There will need no Sumptuary lawes to represse … the Lux which Men so much condemn in our Apparrel.
1718. Prior, Pleasure, 14. The power of wealth I tried, And all the various luxe of costly pride.
1746. Shenstone, Elegies, xxi. 39. Above or Persian luxe or Attic art, The rude majestic monument arose.
ǁ 2. The French luxe (lüks) occurs as an alien word with the sense: Luxuriousness, sumptuous elegance; esp. in édition de luxe, train de luxe.
1819. Edinb. Rev., XXXII. 377. The paper used for printing, except in what are emphatically called les éditions de luxe, is very inferior to ours.
1885. Athenæum, 25 July, 111/2. As the volume may fairly claim to be, in a modest way, an édition de luxe, the insertion of Mr. Nimmo’s catalogue at the end is scarcely in keeping.
1886. Westm. Rev., April, 591. Paper and type are the very acme of refinement and luxe.
1888. Pall Mall G., 4 Aug., 2/2. These were not luxe or ‘limited’ trains with extra fancy fares.
1890. Bradshaw’s Cont. Rlwy. Guide, Jan., 49. ‘Train de Luxe,’ consisting of Sleeping Cars and Lits-Salons, number of places limited.
