sumptuous

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/ˈsʌmptʃuəs/

adjective

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adjective
Very luxurious, expensive, and impressive.
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adjective
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Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.

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I've just watched a video on how to bake a sumptuous blueberry pie.
The sumptuous residence of a government official was pillaged.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 2
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

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sumptuous feast
sumptuous interior
sumptuous surroundings

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I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.
1829, Washington Irving, The Alhambra, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2015
Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loathe his vegetable meal;
1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller
It was a sumptuous nature, perhaps, that could not be brought to regard money; a natural generosity and kindness; and possibly a petty vanity that was pleased with praise, even with the praise of waiters and cabmen.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
There were some unofficial local rejoicings, but none of the elaborate junketings which marked the birth of earlier railways. The company had little cash to spend on sumptuous cold collations, and the like.
1955 April, R. K. Kirkland, “The Staines Branch, Western Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 227
Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.
2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French sumptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus, from sūmptus (“cost, charge, expense”), from sumō (“to take”) + -tus (noun formation suffix).

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The guests enjoyed a blank meal with lobster, steak, and fine wine at the grand hotel.