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  1. 1. a. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality Source: wordnet
  3. 3. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. Atterbury. She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shining expectation fixed on mine. Tennyson. -- Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Sump"tu*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
  4. 4. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence,luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table;sumptuous apparel.We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance.Atterbury.She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shiningexpectation fixed on mine. Tennyson.-- Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv.-- Sump"tu*ous*ness, n. Source: adambom
  5. 5. j:100 s rich and superior in quality Source: ecdict

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