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adjective
- 1. splendid and expensive-looking: "the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal"
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The meaning of SUMPTUOUS is extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent; also : magnificent. How to use sumptuous in a sentence. Did you know?
impressive in a way that seems expensive: The celebrity guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns. Synonyms. deluxe. grand. luxurious. opulent. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Expensive & luxurious. be expensive to do. champagne. costliness. costly. expense. expensive taste. expensively. grandly. lush. luxuriant. luxurious.
Sumptuous describes something that costs a lot and imparts sensory pleasure. Sumptuous comes from the Latin sumptus , which means "expensive." Sumptus is related to sumere , which means "to consume."
sumptuous in American English. (ˈsʌmptʃuːəs) 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.
Sumptuous definition: entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly. See examples of SUMPTUOUS used in a sentence.
adj. 1. expensive or extravagant: sumptuous costumes. 2. magnificent; splendid: a sumptuous scene. [C16: from Old French somptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus costly, from sumptus; see sumptuary] ˈsumptuously adv. ˈsumptuousness, sumptuosity n.
adjective. us / ˈsʌmp.tʃu.əs / uk / ˈsʌmp.tʃu.əs / Add to word list. impressive in a way that seems expensive: The celebrity guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns. Synonyms. deluxe. grand. luxurious. opulent. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Expensive & luxurious. be expensive to do. champagne. costliness. costly.
Definition of sumptuous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sumptuous, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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