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sumptuous

[ suhmp-choo-uhs ]

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.

    Synonyms: , ,



sumptuous

/ ˌsʌmptjʊˈɒsɪtɪ; ˈsʌmptjʊəs /

adjective

  1. expensive or extravagant

    sumptuous costumes

  2. magnificent; splendid

    a sumptuous scene

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳٳܴdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈܳٳܴdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܳt·dzܲ· adverb
  • ܳt·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܳt·dzܲ adjective
  • un·ܳt·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·ܳt·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sumptuous1

1475–85; < Latin ūٳōܲ, equivalent to ūٳ ( s ) expense ( sumptuary ) + -ōܲ -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sumptuous1

C16: from Old French somptueux, from Latin ܳٳōܲ costly, from sumptus; see sumptuary
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The LP is also home to perhaps the most sumptuous of EWF’s many romantic ballads: “Reasons,” with Bailey floating around in his falsetto like a guy sky-high on desire.

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The Vienna Philharmonic sound is so sumptuous it takes a rare conductor to resist its advances.

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This sumptuous ballad reached No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B chart in its edited form, though the song stretches to nearly 10 minutes on the trio’s double-platinum “Sons of Soul” LP.

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Necklaces, earrings, bracelets and domestic objects, including painted clay pots and sumptuous gold and silver banquet vessels, would be buried along with them.

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The sumptuous soul of Black And White makes a plea for tolerance, inspired by the prejudice Dimsdale and his partner – who has mixed black and white heritage – have faced.

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