01 a. Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous a…
-
1.
Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.“We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance.” — Atterbury.“She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shining expectation fixed on mine.” — Tennyson.