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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sumptuous \Sump"tu*ous\, a. [L. sumptuosus, fr sumptus expanse,
cost: cf F. somptueux See {Sumptuary}.]
Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence
luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as a sumptuous house or
table; sumptuous apparel.
We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and
attendance. --Atterbury.
She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of
shining expectation fixed on mine. --Tennyson.
-- {Sump"tu*ous*ly}, adv -- {Sump"tu*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sumptuous
adj : rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: {deluxe}, {gilded}, {luxurious}, {opulent},
{princely}]
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