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 and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense, and having a flavour of debauchery
- 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.
- 1829, Washington Irving, The Alhambra[1]:
