- SUMPTUOUS: VERY SUMPTUOUS
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English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
SUMPTUOUS: VERY SUMPTUOUS
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sumptuous — [[t]sʌ̱mptʃuəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. ...a sumptuous feast... She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics. Derived words: sumptuously ADV GRADED ADV adj, ADV… … English dictionary
sumptuous — sump|tu|ous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: sumptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost ] very impressive and expensive ▪ a sumptuous feast ▪ a sumptuous palace >sumptuously adv >sumptuousness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
sumptuous — adjective very impressive and expensive; luxurious: a sumptuous banquet sumptuously adverb: sumptuously dressed in velvet sumptuousness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… … Universalium
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