luxure French · revision 15764

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1119, Philippe de Thaon, luxurie|origins=la luxus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /lyk.syʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''luxure''' ''f'' (plural luxures)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Luxurie'' (about 1119), ''luxure'' (about 1131).^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|luxuria|t=exuberance, excess; luxury; debauchery]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|5, 480b) a derivative of [[m|la|luxus|t=excess; luxury]], the source of [[luxe]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) The Latin word first applied to the rank growth of plants, then to the fiery ardour of animals and people, and to profusion and sumptuousness; its first sense survives in [[luxuriant]], and English [[m|en|luxury]] kept the sense “sumptuousness”.^(DHLF 1992) In Saint Jerome's Latin it already meant lust.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Philippe de Thaon's ''Bestiaire'' (1121–1134) lists ''homicidium, Luxure, ebrietas'': unrestrained indulgence in sexual pleasure.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the start French had the specialized sense of unbridled pursuit of sexual pleasure, above all in the language of the Church, which counts lust among the deadly sins and opposes it to chastity.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) The senses “abundant production” (Palissy writes of the ''luxure'' of the sea) and “pomp” (16th century) were Latinisms that gave way to ''luxe''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ Since about 1850 it has been used figuratively for any unrestrained indulgence, as Flaubert's ''luxure de la plume'' (1853), and for a lustful act (1859).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Luxurieux'' (about 1119) is from ''luxuriosus''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1119 – ''Luxurie'', ''luxurieux'' (Philippe de Thaon).^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1131 – The form ''luxure''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 16th century – “Abundance; pomp”, Latinisms.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1853 – ''Luxure de la plume'' (Flaubert).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1859 – A lustful act.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|lust|alt=Lust]], [[m|en|lechery]]; the sin of the flesh.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated)'' A lustful act.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[luxuriance]]

+ * [[luxuriant]]

+ * [[luxurieusement]]

+ * [[luxurieux]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[luxe]]

+ * [[en|luxury]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}