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Sumptuosity

Sumptuosity \Sump`tu*os"i*ty\, n. [L. sumptuositas: cf. F. somptuosit['e].] Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. [R.]
--Sir W. Raleigh.

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sumptuosity

n. Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.

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sumptuosity

n. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuousness]

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He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs.