Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent.
- adj. Characterized by rich abundance; luxuriant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Wealthy; rich; affluent; having large means.
- Unstinted; plentiful; abundant; profuse.
- Blooming; brilliant; splendid.
Wiktionary
- adj. luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent
- adj. rich, sumptuous and extravagant
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. rich and superior in quality
Etymologies
- Latin opulentus; see op- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“However, Mr Dominguez says that by showing what he describes as the opulent lifestyles the Castros live in a communist country like Cuba he has achieved his aim.”
“Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf.”
“Spacek’s clueless, baton-twirling Holly proclaims love for Sheen’s Kit and all his fake bravado in opulent romance-novel voiceovers.”
“We disregarded these gathering clouds – and pretended that a period we retrospectively dub opulent and irresponsible was normal – when we might at least have been enjoying their silver linings.”
The Guardian: Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation
“It's bow was adorned by a woman's figure crafted by San Francisco sculpture Monica Maduro and it's inside was described as opulent, with gilded frames and velvet trim.”
“This will not be determined by the home's value, but rather by subjective criteria such as opulent decorations.”
“I also think it's fair to say most USians have never seen an "opulent" hospital!”
will they get fooled again? striking back at harry and louise
“Clinton thinks it is very important to raise taxes on the obscenely opulent, meaning families earning more than $200,000 (about 850,000 or .6 percent of the 115 million taxpayers).”
“Opus X, Opus being a derivative from "opulent," the word "opulent," X is their Project X.”
“The delicate, virginal-white flowers are not often described as opulent, but Coty’s Muguet is truly sumptuous.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘opulent’.
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The list begins with evocative words I found in a Bed Bath & Beyond catalog, but other words in a similar vein are welcome, with two simple rules: they must come out of catalogs, and they can't...
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melancholy, bucolic, visceral, cacophony, burlesque, exogenous, epiphany, monetization, accretive, opulent, splendid, seismic and 9 more...
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September Words-11849
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
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mkluver1 Also I read this word in Blood Promise by Richelle Mead, "The room I woke up in was opulent." Oct 1, 2010
palooka Beautiful quotation Bilby. Oct 4, 2008
bilby
When, sick of all the sorrow and distress
That flourished in the City like foul weeds,
I sought blue rivers and green, opulent meads,
And leagues of unregarded loneliness
Whereon no foot of man had seemed to press,
I did not know how great had been my needs,
How wise the woodland's gospels and her creeds,
How good her faith to one long comfortless.
- Charles Hanson Towne, 'The City'.
Oct 4, 2008