sumptuous

English

WOTD – 14 May 2012

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French somptueux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sumptuōsus, from sūmptus (“cost, charge, expense”), perfect passive participle of sūmō, sūmere (“take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmpt͡ʃuəs/

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Adjective

sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)

1. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
   • 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller:

     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”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     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.

Synonyms

• lavish

Derived terms

• sumption
• sumptuary
• sumptuousness

Translations

magnificent, luxurious, splendid

• Catalan: sumptuós
• Finnish: upea (fi) (splendid), ylellinen (fi) (lavish), mahtava (fi)
• French: somptueux (fr)
• German: prächtig (de), prunkvoll (de), prachtvoll (de), reichhaltig (de), üppig (de), schwelgerisch, kostspielig (de), aufwändig (de)
• Greek: πολυτελής (el) m (polytelís)
• Irish: costasach, costasúil
• Japanese: 贅沢な (ぜいたく-な, zeitaku-na)
• Latin: opiparus
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overdådig, praktfull, storslagen, kostelig

• Portuguese: suntuoso (pt)
• Punjabi: ^{(please verify)} ਕੀਮਤੀ (pa) (keemtee), ^{(please verify)} ਸ਼ਾਹ ਖਰਚੀ ਵਾਲਾ (śāh kharcī vālā)
• Romanian: somptuos (ro) m
• Russian: роско́шный (ru) (roskóšnyj), пы́шный (ru) (pýšnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòghail
• Serbo-Croatian: skupocjeno, raskošno (sh)
• Spanish: suntuoso (es) m
• Swedish: överdådig (sv), luxuös (sv), storslagen (sv), praktfull (sv)