Crossword clues for sumptuousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sumptuous \Sump"tu*ous\, a. [L. sumptuosus, fr. sumptus expanse, cost: cf. F. somptueux. See Sumptuary.] 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.
[1913 Webster] -- Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv. --
Sump"tu*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being sumptuous. 2 (context countable rare English) The result or product of being sumptuous.
WordNet
n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury, luxuriousness, opulence]
the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity]
Usage examples of "sumptuousness".
If Imogen had been struck with the profuseness of the illumination, the richness of the plate, the sumptuousness of the viands and the wines, and the fragrant clouds of incense that filled the apartment, how much more were they calculated to astonish the soul of Edwin!
With Sinjin dressed like a country gentleman in unornamented buff superfine and chamois, his hair sleek behind his ears and tied with a plain black ribbon at his nape, his boots polished but worn, Chelsea forgot for a moment the sumptuousness of the room and the imposing splendor of his title and fortune.
The Greek artist and the Mediaeval painter, when the costumes were really picturesque and made us forget the lack of simplicity in a noble sumptuousness, had never this posthumous difficulty to contend with.
Some Brahmins, clad in all the sumptuousness of Oriental apparel, and leading a woman who faltered at every step, followed.