Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUMP'TU-OUS
SUMP'TU-OUS, a. [L. sumptuosus; It. suntuoso; from sumptus, cost, expense.]
Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent; as, sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificent and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. – Atterbury.
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