Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent: as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
- Synonyms Gorgeous, superb, rich, lordly, princely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
magnificent ,luxurious , extremely good
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective rich and superior in quality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred.
No chance against Dick Roger Sutton 2009
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They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred.
Archive 2009-04-01 Roger Sutton 2009
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Not only English society, but Indian princes and princesses, American millionaires, and Continental aristocrats attended this ball attired in sumptuous costumes worth thousands upon thousands of pounds.
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Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien -- and alienated -- a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed"
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On a superficial note, I loved all the beautiful tracking shots of paintings in sumptuous widescreen.
Weekly Mishmash: September 28-October 4 : Scrubbles.net 2008
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Then he made peace between them and clad them all in sumptuous robes of honour and hanselled them with precious jewels of land and sea.
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Then he bade bring forth money and apparel and clad them in sumptuous robes of honour and showered largesse upon them, wherefore they all loved him and obeyed him.
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Then she robed her in sumptuous robes and set apart for her a place in the
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He said, “What shall we call your sumptuous creation?”
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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He said, “What shall we call your sumptuous creation?”
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
kingparton commented on the word sumptuous
He is the slave of the dream of life... He has listened to the vagaries of the prophets, who have given to him the sumptuous bubble of Paradise.
Jack London, John Barleycorn
July 26, 2011