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SUMPTUOSITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sumptuosity mean?
• SUMPTUOSITY (noun)
The noun SUMPTUOSITY has 1 sense:
1. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
Familiarity information: SUMPTUOSITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lavishness; luxury; sumptuosity; sumptuousness
Hypernyms ("sumptuosity" is a kind of...):
expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)
Derivation:
sumptuous (ostentatiously rich and superior in quality)
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