Craving indulgence

The Spectator | November 10, 2001| | Copyright

The meaning of luxury

`UNASHAMED luxury!' said my husband suddenly from the depths of his chair. `What was that - Turkish Delight - or Camay? Or was it Fry's Chocolate Cream?'

`No, darling, that was Seven Pieces of Heaven. Now you're getting me all muddled. And Turkish Delight was Full of Eastern Promise. But why should anyone be ashamed of Camay, anyway?'

Luckily my husband went back to his (supermarket) whisky and let me get into the big dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary told me that 'luxury' in English lacks the connotations of `vicious indulgence' which luxuria had in Latin, ...

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