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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.
Related forms
sump·tu·ous·ly, adverb
sump·tu·ous·ness, noun
un·sump·tu·ous, adjective
un·sump·tu·ous·ly, adverb
un·sump·tu·ous·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. magnificent, luxurious, munificent.
2. magnificent, luxurious, munificent.
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sumptuous
late 15c., 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).
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