deluxe

comparative more deluxe · comparative deluxer · superlative most deluxe · superlative deluxest · alternative de luxe

1. Very fine in quality or luxurious.

   The band released a deluxe version of their LP, containing bonus tracks and with a personal message by all the members in the sleeve.

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   “I have here, sir,” he said, “one of the deluxest editions de luxe now in print. Observe the handsome tree calf binding, notice the gold gilt crinkle edges and stand aghast with admiration before the profuse and artistic illustrations.”

   1925 August 20, “Daily Novelette: Two of a Kind”, in The Lindsay Daily Post, 29th year, number 194, Lindsay, Ont., page five, column 1

   The Reforma is Mexico’s deluxest hotel—and it is about as Mexican as the Ziegfeld Follies.

   1937, Howard Vincent O’Brien, “The Modern Touch”, in Notes for a Book about Mexico, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Willett, Clark & Company, page 99

   And fer the deluxest of ’em all, get our reg. $59.95 list 20-inch Reversible Window Fan, $39.99, sucks in cool air or blows out hot air.

   1950 July 20, “We Kaint Make No Five Spot out of a Plain Dollar Bill: But We Kin Kum So Close You Won't Never Know the Difference with Bargain City's Low Prices!”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 102, number 308, St. Louis, Mo., page 8A

   And many a noble heart takes shelter under roofs no grander nor deluxer than this one.

   1951, Florence Crannell Means, “Meet the Grande Deluxe!”, in Hetty of the Grande Deluxe, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 13

   It is probably the most deluxest hospice in New York and was until recently the pied-a-tree of Clare Booth Luce and her consort, Chinaboy Henry, otherwise known as Fui Piu.

   1951 February 9, The Kingston Daily Freeman, volume LXXX, number 96, Kingston, N.Y., page four

plural deluxes · alternative de luxe

1. Something that is deluxe.

   We'll take three burger platters. Make one a deluxe, please.

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   Several of the deluxes are reported to have taken the $500 Victor set on the “emergency” angle.

   1928 June 20, ““Mike” System Attachment by W. E. For House to Hear Talk or Sports; “Emergency” Set at $500, Special”, in Variety, volume XCI, number 10, New York, N.Y., page 20, column 1

   Appliance agent Jack Waters said, “The super deluxe models are selling better than the deluxe. The deluxes are outselling the specials and the specials are going faster than the standards.”

   1948 June 15, Electrical Merchandising, volume 79, number 12, page 34

   The convertible came in only one basic mold, but the sleek fastback coupe and (from 1950 on) the “Holiday” hardtop could be had in “deluxe” trim as well; with their more lavish interiors, deluxes are the ones to look for.

   1971 summer, Richard M. Langworth, “The New Nostalgia: The ‘Postwar Collectable’ Comes of Age”, in Automobile Quarterly: The Connoisseur’s Magazine of Motoring Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow, volume IX, number 4, page 431, column 3

   For that reason, the doubts that are sometimes raised about the vitamin and mineral adequacy of fast food ought to give pause to anyone who regularly gratifies his yearning for triple-decker super deluxes.

   1980, Judith S. Stern, R. V. Denenberg, “The Nutrient Density Score: Measuring Vitamins and Minerals”, in How to Stay Slim and Healthy on the Fast Food Diet, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, page 19

   The deluxes are in Marquesan-style bungalows with a separate bedroom and living room.

   1991, Bill Jamison, Cheryl Alters Jamison, Best Places to Stay in Hawaii, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 99