SUMPTUOUS

sumptuous. (fr) sumptuous, costly, rich

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sumptuous. Sumptuous, a. costly, expensive, splendid

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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.