Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish: "He likes big meals, so I cook sumptuous ones” ( Anaïs Nin).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent: as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
- Synonyms Gorgeous, superb, rich, lordly, princely.
Wiktionary
- adj. magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense, and having a flavour of debauchery
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. rich and superior in quality
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French sumptueux, from Latin sūmptuōsus, from sūmptus, expense; see sumptuary.
Examples
“They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred.”
“Not only English society, but Indian princes and princesses, American millionaires, and Continental aristocrats attended this ball attired in sumptuous costumes worth thousands upon thousands of pounds.”
“Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien -- and alienated -- a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed”
“On a superficial note, I loved all the beautiful tracking shots of paintings in sumptuous widescreen.”
“He said, “What shall we call your sumptuous creation?””
“Then he made peace between them and clad them all in sumptuous robes of honour and hanselled them with precious jewels of land and sea.”
“Then he bade bring forth money and apparel and clad them in sumptuous robes of honour and showered largesse upon them, wherefore they all loved him and obeyed him.”
“Then she robed her in sumptuous robes and set apart for her a place in the”
“By the gate stood two benches of marble, spread with the finest carpets, and on one of them sat a man of handsome aspect and reverend, clad in sumptuous clothing and attended by five Mamelukes like moons.”
“So he went thither and saw the Shaykh, a man of austere aspect and robed in sumptuous raiment with four journeymen under his hand.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sumptuous’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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my fab list
blowsabella, aperçu, froideur, salubrious, abject, gallipot, mumchance, wainscot, virago, macerate, lascivious, clandestine and 181 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( etymology )
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 837 more...
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January 2012
bloviate, pastiche, apparat, facile, paroxysm, pique, bedfellow, pedigree, tutelage, protege, protégé, retroactive and 196 more...
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Amber's list
This is a list of my favorite words, words that sound beautiful, or ones that have inspired me. I usually most enjoy words for which I can strongly associate pictures. I hope this list will also ...
clandestine, sumptuous, erogenous, operose, evanescent, panache, sparge, ludicrous, wholehearted, anodyne, eclat, legerdemain and 2 more...
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Dr Adv Ujwala D Andrews
love, holy, intimate, lents, arbritary, revenge, difficult, prescribe, scribe, decree, heriot, registration, injunction and 10 more...
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ravyn's randy words
Words that are as fun to say as do!
amorous, impassioned, infatuated, enamored, desirous, vehement, ecstasy, frenzy, sentiment, relations, coition, audacious and 16 more...
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Words of Praise
Please contribute lots of panegyrical words—preferably such that are of universal use.
gorgeous, flamboyant, grand, magnificent, iridescent, incandescent, splendorous, coruscating, immaculate, magniloquent, sublime, scintillating and 33 more...
kingparton He is the slave of the dream of life... He has listened to the vagaries of the prophets, who have given to him the sumptuous bubble of Paradise.
Jack London, John Barleycorn Jul 26, 2011