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Sumptuosity

noun
1.
The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.  Synonyms: lavishness, luxury, sumptuousness.






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"Sumptuosity" Quotes from Famous Books



... Storr and Mortimer; the elegant marriage cake, which, already cut up and portioned, is, alas! not destined to be eaten by the friends of Mr. De la Pl-che; the superb carriages, and magnificent liveries, which had been provided in a style of the most lavish yet tasteful sumptuosity. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bullocksmithy had arrived in town to celebrate the nuptials, and is staying at Mivart's. What must have been the feelings of that venerable prelate, what those of the agonized and noble parents of the Lady Angelina—when ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Sumptuosity" :   luxury, sumptuous, expensiveness, lavishness, sumptuousness



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