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sumptuousness |
2 definitions found 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]: sumptuousness n 1: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: {luxury}, {luxuriousness}, {opulence}] 2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive [syn: {lavishness}, {luxury}, {sumptuosity}]
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