sumptuous
adjective
entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly.
sumptuousness
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a word derived from
sumptuous.
Example Sentences
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She stepped into her 16-year-old Isolde, and held the audience rapt for 20 more minutes of epiphanic sumptuousness.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
I recall being hesitant about the butter, but it added such a rounded, rich sumptuousness that olive oil just doesn't impart.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023
To tell their story with as much flair and sumptuousness as any other.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
Audi’s A8 is the flagship luxury model for the German brand, and it boasts limousine-like sumptuousness.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Our banquets are mean, niggardly, compared with the appalling sumptuousness of the Roman patricians and the princes of ancient Asia.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
