high life

high life
noun
excessive spending
Derivationally related forms: ↑lavish (for: ↑lavishness), ↑prodigal (for: ↑prodigality), ↑extravagant (for: ↑extravagance)
Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑wastefulness, ↑dissipation

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high life noun
1. The life of fashionable society
2. The people of this society
3. A blend of traditional W African music and N American jazz, popular in W Africa
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Main Entry:high
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high life
Fashionable society or its (glamorous) manner of living
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Main Entry:life

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n.
1) (also high living) an extravagant social life as enjoyed by the wealthy
2) (usu. highlife) a style of dance music of West African origin, influenced by rock and jazz

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ˈhigh life [high life] noun (also the high life) singular, uncountable (also ˌhigh ˈliving uncountable) (sometimes disapproving)
a way of life that involves going to parties and spending a lot of money on food, clothes, etc.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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