sumptuous

From French somptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus, from sūmptus (“cost, charge, expense”), perfect passive participle of sūmō, sūmere (“take”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmpt͡ʃuəs/

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sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)

1. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
   • 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller:

     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;

   • 1829, Washington Irving, The Alhambra‎:

     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.

   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

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