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Definition of Sumptuosity
1. Noun. The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
Generic synonyms: Expensiveness
Derivative terms: Lavish, Lavish, Luxuriate, Luxurious, Sumptuous, Sumptuous
Definition of Sumptuosity
1. n. Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
Definition of Sumptuosity
1. Noun. Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumptuosity
Literary usage of Sumptuosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"... who introduced the cherry, tho peach, and the apricot from tho Persians, were
derided by his Roman friends for their extraordinary sumptuosity. ..."
2. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"He was rather a favorite with the regiment, treating the young officers with
sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs. ..."
3. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"... because a dinner on the desired scale of sumptuosity cannot be achieved within
less limits than those of the non-existent palatial residence of which so ..."
4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"... because a dinner on the desired scale of sumptuosity cannot be achieved within
less limits than those of the non-existent palatial residence of which so ..."
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