luxuriare

luxuriare, ~ari [CL] 1 to flourish abundantly, grow thick or rank; b (fig.). c (pr. ppl. as sb. n. pl.) abundant growth. ~iante foliorum viriditate Aldh. VirgP 21 p. 251; omnis humus ~iabit G. Mon. VII 3; gens ‥ comis et barbis ~iantibus ‥ incultissima Gir. TH III 10 p. 153; [agricola] animo consternatur si planta ‥ in degenerem foliorum ~iat ubertatem P. Blois Ep. 81. 250A. b G. Hoyland Ascet. 277A (v. frutex 1b). c ~iantia resecare J. Ford Serm. 59. 10 (v. 1 formare 2c). 2 (of animal) to play, sport, frisk. quid vero querunt animalia nisi manducare, bibere, ~iare, atque dormire? Ælf. Bata 4. 31 p. 64. 3 to act immoderately, indulge, revel; b (w. ref. to sexual licence). diem nativitatis luxoriando celebrare Bede Mark 189D; effrenes semper et ~iantes in commodis animos inter prospera temperare Gir. EH I 14; non est aliud votum protrahere quam ~iari in Christo P. Blois Ep. 11. 35B; vicecomitum ‥ officiales ‥ ~iantur in lacrymis viduarum Ib. 95. 298C; ne effrenata libertate ~ient Gir. GE II 8 p. 199; de actu ~iandi et quantumcunque voluptuose vivendi Wycl. Ver. II 55. b c1245 (v. detrudere 2).

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