Category:Sumptuous

Sump"tu*ous, a. Etym: [l. sumptuosus, fr. sumptus expanse, cost: cf. F. somptueux. See sumptuary.]

Defn: 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.