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Sumptuosity

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Sump`tu`os´i`ty
n.1.Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
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Noun1.sumptuosity - the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
lavishness, luxury, sumptuousness
expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced


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He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
At the end of a passage leading from the quarter-deck there was a long saloon, its sumptuosity slightly tarnished perhaps, but having a grand air of roominess and comfort.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It is the first anniversary of the happy marriage of Mr and Mrs Lammle, and the celebration is a breakfast, because a dinner on the desired scale of sumptuosity cannot be achieved within less limits than those of the non-existent palatial residence of which so many people are madly envious.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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