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Sumptuous

//ˈsʌmptʃuəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.

    "sumptuous feast"

Adjective
  1. 1
    ostentatiously rich and superior in quality wordnet

Etymology

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

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