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Meanings of sumptuosity in English

Portuguese
luxo
Catalan
sumptuositat
Spanish
lujo

The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.

        luxo
        Usage of sumptuosity in English
        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
        Spanish
        lujo
        Sumptuosity through the time