Sumptuous
['sʌm(p)tjʊəs] or ['sʌmptʃuəs]
Definition
(a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
Typist: Lucas
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Costly, expensive, dear.[2]. Magnificent, splendid, gorgeous, stately, rich, superb, grand, showy.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Costly, gorgeous, superb, splendid, expensive, magnificent, prodigal, princely,lavish, munificent
ANT:Poor, mean, inexpensive, sordid, niggardly, economical, illiberal, beggarly,frugal, parsimonious, saving
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Definition
adj. costly: magnificent.—ns. Sumptūos′ity Sumpt′ūousness.—adv. Sumpt′ūously.
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Examples
- A sumptuous man was the Farmer-General. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should like to see your pictures, Louis, said Caroline, when the sumptuous luncheon was discussed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After our sumptuous dinner, Lord Arthur proposed our driving over to Portsmouth to see the play. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In a quarter of an hour Monseigneur was ready, and sat down alone to his sumptuous and choice supper. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- How fared my intercourse with the sumptuous H?tel Crécy? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Am I right in my conjecture that Mr. Osborne entertained a society of chosen spirits round his sumptuous board last night? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- From the hangings and sumptuous furniture of the room I judged it to be a living-room of some priestess, possibly of Issus herself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Osborne gave a sumptuous reward to the Sergeant when he parted with him, after having visited the scenes of his son's last exploits. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In one sumptuous bed they had all slept in succession, but no one occupies it now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This night, this splendid assembly, these sumptuous apartments, and this adornment of your tearful girl, are all united to celebrate your abdication. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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