opulent

CEFRC1

/ˈɒpjʊlənt/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very rich, expensive, and luxurious.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

Examples

  • Sami lived in an opulent mansion in Cairo.

  • Boston is a relatively opulent city.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.

More examples

In context

  • He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).