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Definition of High life
1. Noun. Excessive spending.
Generic synonyms: Dissipation, Waste, Wastefulness
Derivative terms: Extravagant, Lavish, Prodigal
Definition of High life
1. Noun. An extravagant lifestyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of High Life
Literary usage of High life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"A HAIRDRESSER'S EXPERIENCE IN high life. Cincinnati, privately printed, 1859.
Crown 8vo, cloth. 6734 Potter. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"The Brothers in high life; or, The North of Ireland. ! By Mrs. D. Johnson. 3 Vols.
... Surely, this can only be a specimen of " high life below Stairs," ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1857)
"Gold, Standard of, high life at Home, Hudson's Bay Company, . Human Longevity,
Hayne's Sonnets and Poems, Helton's New Granada, Highlanders, Mutiny of, ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1791)
"AMUSEMENT in Modern high life. THE Bucks had din'd, and deep in council fat,.
Their wine was brilliant, but their wit grew flat. Up darts his Lord/hip, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"A BALL IN high life From <A Rescuing Angel ' THE counselor's wife sat down on
the sofa with her hands folded in her lap. Aria remained standing a little ..."
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