sumptuous
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From French somptueux, Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus, "expense", from sumere, "to take".
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sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)
- magnificent, luxurious, extremely good
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
- Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
- He sees his little lot the lot of all;
- Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
- To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
- No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal
- To make him loathe his vegetable meal;
- 1829, Washington Irving, The Alhambra[1]:
- I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.
- 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, BBC Sport:
- Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
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magnificent, splendid, extremely good
