Sumptuosity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being sumptuous; wealth; high price countable, uncountable

    "Macedon may justly be called to witness, who found more cities and sumptuosity in that little kingdom of Porus […] than in all his other travels and undertakings."

  2. 2
    the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive wordnet

Example

More examples

"Macedon may justly be called to witness, who found more cities and sumptuosity in that little kingdom of Porus […] than in all his other travels and undertakings."

Etymology

From sumptuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin sumptuositas: compare French somptuosité.

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