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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

sumptuosus

, fr.

sumptus

expanse, cost: cf. F.

somptueux

. See

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′tu-ous-ly

adv.

–

Sump′tu-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. sumptuosus.] Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent; as a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

We are too magnificent and sumptuous in our tables and attendance.