sumptuosity

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sumptuosity

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From sumptuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin sumptuositas: compare French somptuosité.

noun sumptuosities

  1. countable, uncountable The state or quality of being sumptuous; wealth; high price Macedon may justly be called to witness, who found more cities and sumptuosity in that little kingdom of Porus […] than in all his other travels and undertakings.

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@misc{sumptuosity_2026,
  title = {sumptuosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sumptuosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}