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SUMPTUARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sumptuary mean?
• SUMPTUARY (adjective)
The adjective SUMPTUARY has 1 sense:
1. regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
Familiarity information: SUMPTUARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
Context example:
sumptuary laws forbidding gambling
Similar:
restrictive (serving to restrict)
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