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Meanings of sumptuosity in anglès

portuguès
luxo
català
sumptuositat
espanyol
lujo

The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.

sumptuositat
Usage of sumptuosity in anglès
1
Neither Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, can compare with it for sumptuosity.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
2
Site, sumptuosity, climate, vegetation here attain their acme; so far, indeed, Nice may be pronounced flawless.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
3
To facilitate matters the two friends progressively modified the sumptuosity of the program they had imposed upon themselves.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
4
He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs.
Vanity Fair
5
Which will seem a strange doctrine, in these days of gold-nuggets, railway-fortunes, and miraculous, sumptuosities regardless of expense.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04
Frequent collocations
Translations for sumptuosity
espanyol
lujo
Sumptuosity through the time