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   sumptuous

   /ˈsʌm(p)tʃʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. splendid and expensive-looking: "the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘made or produced at great cost’): from Old French somptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus ‘expenditure’ (see sumptuary).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sumptuosity noun
   • 2. sumptuously adverb
   • 3. sumptuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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