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Definition of: sumptuous
(sump′ch
·əs) adjective
Involving or showing lavish expenditure; hence, luxurious; magnificent. [<OF sumptueux, somptueux <L sumptuosus <sumptus. See SUMPTUARY.]
—sump′tu·ous·ly adverb
—sump′tu·ous·ness noun
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