This noun denotes luxurious living, self-indulgence, or sensual pleasure. It carries negative connotations of softness and excess. Jesus uses it to contrast John the Baptist's ascetic desert life with those who wear soft clothing and live in luxury in kings' palaces. Peter employs it to describe false teachers who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. The word critiques not wealth itself but self-centered, sensual indulgence.