Dictionary

sumptuous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌmpt͡ʃuəs/
• /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Extremely costly; suggesting great expense.
2. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
   • The fabric has a sumptuous texture.
   • 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:
   • sumptuous interior
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • They dined in a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with gold.
   • sumptuous surroundings
   • sumptuous feast
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

sumptuousness · scrumptious · sumptuosity · sumptuously · sumptuary · volumptuous · sumption · unsumptuous

Synonyms

lavish

Translations (53)

sh skupocjeno (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · fi upea (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · bg пищен (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ga costasach (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de prachtvoll (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · eo luksa (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · hu pazar (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · sv luxuös (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de kostspielig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de aufwändig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de prächtig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de schwelgerisch (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de prunkvoll (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · el πολυτελής (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ca sumptuós (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ja 贅沢な (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · hu pompás (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · fr somptueux (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · sv praktfull (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · nb storartet (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · nb praktfull (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · pl okazały (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · cmn 豐盛 /丰盛 (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · fi mahtava (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ru пы́шный (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · frm sumptueux (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · sh raskošno (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · gd sòghail (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de üppig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · pl pełen przepychu (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · de reichhaltig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · la dapsilis (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · nb kostelig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ga costasúil (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · uk розкішний (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · mk ра́скошен (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ro somptuos (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · hu fényűző (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · la opiparus (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · nb storslagen (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · es suntuoso (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · sv storslagen (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · sv överdådig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · it sontuoso (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · fi ylellinen (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · grc πολῠτελής (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · bg луксозен (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · pt suntuoso (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · cmn 奢華 /奢华 (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · nb overdådig (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · ru роско́шный (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · bg разкошен (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) · uk пишний (magnificent, luxurious, splendid)