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SUMPTUOSITY

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

• SUMPTUOSITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lavishness; sumptuosity; luxury; sumptuousness

Hypernyms ("sumptuosity" is a kind of...):

expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)

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