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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The attribution to Samuel is based on clues including the location of the tomb, the sumptuousness of the garment, the age of the deceased and an old fracture.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The series looks excellent, re-creating the sumptuousness of the milieu without fetishizing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Half of the album’s new songs are overlaid with strings played by the London Contemporary Orchestra — occasionally for sumptuousness, but more often to create tension and harmonic ambiguity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 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
Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.
From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Charles S. Bentley
