Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish: "He likes big meals, so I cook sumptuous ones” ( Anaïs Nin).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. magnificent, luxurious, extremely good
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent: as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
- Synonyms Gorgeous, superb, rich, lordly, princely.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. rich and superior in quality
Etymologies
Examples
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They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred.
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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.
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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"
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On a superficial note, I loved all the beautiful tracking shots of paintings in sumptuous widescreen.
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He said, “What shall we call your sumptuous creation?”
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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.
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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.
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Then she robed her in sumptuous robes and set apart for her a place in the
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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.
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So he went thither and saw the Shaykh, a man of austere aspect and robed in sumptuous raiment with four journeymen under his hand.
kingparton commented on the word sumptuous
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
July 26, 2011