sumptuosus

  • 41superflu — Superflu, et ne servant de rien, Superfluus, Superuacaneus, Superuacuus. Tout le superflu qu on couppe de quelque chose que ce soit, Putamen. Superflu et excessif en vivres, habits, et autres choses, Luxuriosus, Sumptuosus. Estre superflu, et… …

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  • 42suntuoso — suntuoso, sa (Del lat. sumptuōsus). 1. adj. Grande y costoso. 2. Dicho de una persona: Magnífica en su gasto y porte …

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  • 43sumptuous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ splendid and expensive looking. DERIVATIVES sumptuously adverb sumptuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost …

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  • 44sumptuously — sumptuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ splendid and expensive looking. DERIVATIVES sumptuously adverb sumptuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost …

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  • 45sumptuousness — sumptuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ splendid and expensive looking. DERIVATIVES sumptuously adverb sumptuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost …

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  • 46sumptuous — [15] Etymologically, sumptuous denotes ‘expensive, costly’; its modern connotations of ‘luxury’ or ‘lavishness’ are a secondary development. It comes via Old French somptueux from Latin sumptuōsus, a derivative of sumptus ‘expense’. This in turn… …

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  • 47sumptuous — [sump′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < OFr sumptueux < L sumptuosus < sumptus: see SUMPTUARY] 1. involving great expense; costly; lavish 2. magnificent or splendid, as in furnishings, etc. sumptuously adv. sumptuousness n …

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  • 48sumptuous — adj. rich, lavish, costly (a sumptuous setting). Derivatives: sumptuosity n. sumptuously adv. sumptuousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF somptueux f. L sumptuosus (as SUMPTUARY) …

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  • 49pre|sump´tu|ous|ness — pre|sump|tu|ous «prih ZUHMP chu uhs», adjective. 1. acting without permission or right; too bold; forward; daring too much: »But it is presumptuous and untrue to insist that God must back us up whatever we do (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S): overbold,… …

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  • 50pre|sump´tu|ous|ly — pre|sump|tu|ous «prih ZUHMP chu uhs», adjective. 1. acting without permission or right; too bold; forward; daring too much: »But it is presumptuous and untrue to insist that God must back us up whatever we do (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S): overbold,… …

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