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sump⋅tu⋅ous

  [suhmp-choo-uhs]
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–adjective
1. entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
2. luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid: a sumptuous feast.
Origin:
1475–85; < L sūmptuōsus, equiv. to sūmptu(s) expense (see sumptuary ) + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
sump⋅tu⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
sump⋅tu⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. magnificent, luxurious, munificent.
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sump·tu·ous   (sŭmp'chōō-əs)   
adj.  Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish: "He likes big meals, so I cook sumptuous ones" (Anaïs Nin).

[Middle English, from Old French sumptueux, from Latin sūmptuōsus, from sūmptus, expense; see sumptuary.]
sump'tu·ous·ly adv., sump'tu·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

sumptuous 
1485, from O.Fr. sumptueux, from L. sumptuosus "costly, expensive," from sumptus "cost, expense," pp. of sumere "spend, consume, take," contraction of *sub-emere, from sub- "under" + emere "to take, buy" (see exempt).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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