luminary, luxuriating

Slide Show: A New Life for a Former Home to Luminaries

The home built by Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg 46 years ago in Rancho Mirage, Calif., was once the place to go for the powerful and celebrities luxuriating in nearby Palm Springs. Now it is about to lift its veil.

luxuriate
(lŭg-zhʊr'ē-āt', lŭk-shʊr'-)
intr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To take luxurious pleasure; indulge oneself.
2. To proliferate.
3. To grow profusely; thrive.

[Latin luxuriāre, luxuriāt-, to be luxuriant, from luxuria, luxury. See luxury.]

luminary[lu・mi・nar・y]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[lúːmənèri | -nəri]
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[名]（複-ies）

1 発光（物）体；（特に太陽・月などの）天体.

2 （特にその道の）先覚者, 権威者, 指導者；お偉方.

3 人工照明.