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English Dictionary: sumptuousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sumptuousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sumptuousness n wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness] the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive Synonym(s): lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sumptuous \Sump"tuous\, 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"tuously}, adv. -- {Sump"tuous*ness}, n.