(written) very expensive and looking very impressive:
a sumptuous meal / room * We dined in sumptuous surroundings. * The interior is decorated in sumptuous reds and golds.
sumptuously adverb:
The book is sumptuously illustrated in full colour.
sumptuousness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, sumptuous is tagged as adjective.
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