opulentadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒpjᵿlənt/,

/ˈɒpjᵿln̩t/, U.S.

/ˈɑpjəl(ə)nt/,

/ˈoʊpjəl(ə)nt/

Forms: 1500s– opulent, 1600s–1700s oppulent.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French opulent; Latin opulentus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French opulent rich, wealthy (14th cent.), abundant (1565), plump (1874), and its etymon classical Latin opulentus (also opulent- , opulēns ) rich, wealthy, grand, sumptuous, rich in literary or intellectual resources < op- , ops power, ability, aid, (in plural) resources, wealth ( < the same base as opus work: see opus n.) + -ulentus -ulent suffix. Compare Italian opulente, (now usually) opulento (14th cent.), Catalan opulent (14th cent.), Spanish opulento (in opulentamente (adverb), 1437), Portuguese opulento (1572).

a. Rich, wealthy, affluent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]

richeOE

eadyOE

richfulc1300

plenteousc1350

wealthyc1380

wealthfula1400

wlouȝa1400

wellc1405

biga1425

goldedc1450

substantious1490

able1516

opulent?1518

substantive1543

strong1581

fat1611

juicy1627

fortuned1632

affluent1652

rhinocerical1688

rough1721

rowthy1792

golden1797

strong-handed1817

well-to-do1831

wealth-encumbered1844

nabobish1857

rhinoceral1860

ingoted1864

tinny1871

pocket-filled1886

oofy1896

nawabi1955

brewstered2001

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eiv^v Who can hym selfe gouerne, in dede, in thought, & worde Abundantly is euer: great, ryche, and opulent.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 36 The riche and opulent potestatis.

1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 72 The Hanses should growe opulent, and possesse the whole trade of the realme.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 185 The potentest Monarchies, the prowdest Republiques, the opulentest Cities have their declinings and periods.

a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 12 I shall be strangely unfortunate, if..I meet not with some Opulent Widow.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. i. 14 The arrangements of the house, and the general air of the housekeeping, indicated easy, and even opulent circumstances.

1895 J. Conrad Almayer's Folly i. 16 He..realised all the possibilities of an opulent existence.

1958 J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society x. 110 The prices of mink pelts reflect the demand of an opulent minority.

1990 A. S. Byatt Possession iv. 39 The university dated from the opulent heyday of expansion and was now slightly grubby and tatty.

†b. Yielding great wealth, lucrative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable

winning1435

lucrous1511

beneficial1526

lucrative1526

gainful1561

profitful1568

gainsome1579

profiting1590

requiteful1607

pennisome1631

lucriferous1648

opulent1648

emolumental1664

quick1681

well-metalleda1734

pay-rent1742

profitable1758

emolumentary1775

remunerative1813

economical1815

repaying1820

well-paying1832

benefited1837

paying1841

payable1855

money-making1887

economic1899

bankable1927

megadollar1963

money-spinning1973

1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 362 Plentiful and opulent private estates, emblem'd by the pregnancy of the Fields.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 6 The richest and most opulent Wheat-lands.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. i. 12 So opulent and brilliant a commerce.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. i. 406 Hanover was the Britannic Majesty's beloved son; and the British Empire his opulent milk-cow.

c. Indicative or suggestive of wealth; ostentatiously luxurious or grand, sumptuous.

ΚΠ

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 272 His way of life was splendid and opulent.

1849 H. Melville Redburn xlvi. 287 It was some semi-public place of opulent entertainment; and far surpassed any thing of the kind I had ever seen.

1872 A. O'Shaughnessy Lays of France 107 The tomb Was opulent with glittering gold.

1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. iii. 57 Mrs. Peniston's opulent interior was at least not externally dingy.

1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) xiii. 265 Ruthless, paste-faced automatons in opulent John Held trousers.

1995 Sat. Night June 55/2 The grandest and most opulent party staged by the Toronto financial world.

2. figurative.

a. Rich in respect of a quality; having an abundance of mental powers or resources.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance

fulleOE

ranka1250

broada1300

rifec1325

copiousa1387

wealthful ofa1400

plaina1450

heavy-ladenc1450

fluenta1592

onust1604

heavy1622

onusted1657

opulent1685

aflooda1729

rowtha1774

acrawl1830

lousy1843

awash1912

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]

keena1000

nimbleOE

wittya1100

smeighc1200

understandingc1200

aperta1330

skillwisea1340

witted1377

intelligiblea1382

well-feelinga1382

knowinga1398

finec1400

large?a1425

well-knowingc1425

of understanding1428

capax1432

sententiousc1440

well-wittedc1450

intellectual?a1475

clean1485

industriousc1487

intellective1509

cleanlyc1540

ingenious?a1560

fine-headed1574

conceited1579

conceitful1594

intelligenced1596

dexter1597

ingenuous1598

intelligent1598

senseful1598

parted1600

thinking1605

dexterical1607

solert1612

apprehensivea1616

dexterous1622

solertic1623

intelligential1646

callent1656

cunning1671

thoughtful1674

perceptive1696

clever1716

uptaking1756

spiritual1807

bright1815

gnostic1819

knowledgeable1825

brainy1845

opulent1851

opening1872

super-cerebral1916

brainiac1976

1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal 94 ii. xiv. 94 Thou..Exchang'd thy opulent state of Innocence, For this poor mortal state, which we possess.

1788 W. Hayley Poems & Plays II. 50 France is more opulent in letter'd fame.

1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. Add. p. xiii Grollier, whose library was opulent in these luxuries.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. xv. 123 The certain prefigurement..of an opulent, genial and sunny mind.

1867 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 380 The injustice of applying the epithet ‘destructive’ to such an opulent and affirmative soul.

1929 R. E. Sencourt Life George Meredith xiii. 288 The choicest of his epigrams and the most opulent of his fancies descended upon their heads like rain upon the earth.

1984 J. Updike Hugging the Shore (1985) 318 The novel is opulent in its display of accents, imagery, and emotions.

1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 15 Carson writes like the poet he is, cloudy and opulent of words, but never precious.

b. Of a flower or plant: having a wealth of blossom, colour, or fragrance; (of a scent) powerful, strong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > [adjective] > striking or splendid in appearance or fragrance

attired1757

showy1793

opulent1863

1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xiv. 181 The hyacinths..filling the walk with their opulent breath.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 248 Or beast or bird or fish, or opulent flower.

1886 T. Woolner Nelly Gray 5 Our pathway..So rich with blossom, and opulent Successive honeysuckle scent.

1993 Horticulture Oct. 46 Vegetation for spring interest, including superb camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas, and opulent dogwoods.

2002 Seattle Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. f8 Early summer gives us opulent flowers and brilliant green foliage.

c. Of a person's figure or breast: plump, full, ample.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump

fatc893

frimOE

fullOE

overfatOE

greatOE

bald1297

roundc1300

encorsivea1340

fattishc1369

fleshyc1369

fleshlyc1374

repletea1398

largec1405

corsious1430

corpulentc1440

corsyc1440

fulsome1447

portlyc1487

corporate1509

foggy fata1529

corsive1530

foggish?1537

plump1545

fatty1552

fleshful1552

pubble1566

plum1570

pursy1576

well-fleshed1576

gross?1577

fog1582

forfatted1586

gulchy1598

bouksome1600

fat-fed1607

meatified1607

chuff1609

plumpya1616

bloat1638

blowze-like1647

obese1651

jollya1661

bloated1664

chubbed1674

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puffya1689

pussy1688

sappy1694

crummy1718

chubby1722

fodgel1724

well-padded1737

beefy1743

plumpish1753

pudsy1754

rotund1762

portable1770

lusty1777

roundabout1787

well-cushioned1802

plenitudinous1803

stout1804

embonpointc1806

roly-poly1808

adipose1810

roll-about1815

foggy1817

poddy1823

porky1828

hide-blown1834

tubby1835

stoutish1836

tubbish1836

superfatted1841

pottle-bodied1842

pincushiony1851

opulent1882

well-covered1884

well-upholstered1886

butterball1888

endomorphic1888

tisty-tosty1888

pachyntic1890

barrel-bodied1894

overweight1899

pussy-gutted1906

upholstered1924

1882 P. H. Hayne Poems 220 Pressed To the large fountains of her opulent breast.

1907 Daily Chron. 3 June 4/4 It is the figure..that is materialised this and every evening in the opulent person of the Cleopatra of Miss Constance Collier at His Majesty's Theatre.

1932 R. Lehmann Invit. Waltz iii. i. 155 A gown of silver brocade moulded her opulent but well-controlled contours.

1940 T. Wolfe & E. C. Aswell You can't go Home Again ii. xi. 162 With a vigorous and jubilant movement she flung the covers off her small and opulent body.

2002 Scoop (Electronic ed.) 18 Mar. Noting her ‘opulent’ bosom, La Repubblica added that ‘motherhood has softened her form’.

Derivatives

† opulentness n. Obsolete rare wealth.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Opulentness, wealthiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	opulent
释义	opulentadj. Brit. /ˈɒpjᵿlənt/, /ˈɒpjᵿln̩t/, U.S. /ˈɑpjəl(ə)nt/, /ˈoʊpjəl(ə)nt/ Forms: 1500s– opulent, 1600s–1700s oppulent. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French opulent; Latin opulentus. Etymology: < Middle French, French opulent rich, wealthy (14th cent.), abundant (1565), plump (1874), and its etymon classical Latin opulentus (also opulent- , opulēns ) rich, wealthy, grand, sumptuous, rich in literary or intellectual resources < op- , ops power, ability, aid, (in plural) resources, wealth ( < the same base as opus work: see opus n.) + -ulentus -ulent suffix. Compare Italian opulente, (now usually) opulento (14th cent.), Catalan opulent (14th cent.), Spanish opulento (in opulentamente (adverb), 1437), Portuguese opulento (1572). 1. a. Rich, wealthy, affluent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eiv^v Who can hym selfe gouerne, in dede, in thought, & worde Abundantly is euer: great, ryche, and opulent. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 36 The riche and opulent potestatis. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 72 The Hanses should growe opulent, and possesse the whole trade of the realme. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 185 The potentest Monarchies, the prowdest Republiques, the opulentest Cities have their declinings and periods. a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 12 I shall be strangely unfortunate, if..I meet not with some Opulent Widow. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. i. 14 The arrangements of the house, and the general air of the housekeeping, indicated easy, and even opulent circumstances. 1895 J. Conrad Almayer's Folly i. 16 He..realised all the possibilities of an opulent existence. 1958 J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society x. 110 The prices of mink pelts reflect the demand of an opulent minority. 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession iv. 39 The university dated from the opulent heyday of expansion and was now slightly grubby and tatty. †b. Yielding great wealth, lucrative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable winning1435 lucrous1511 beneficial1526 lucrative1526 gainful1561 profitful1568 gainsome1579 profiting1590 requiteful1607 pennisome1631 lucriferous1648 opulent1648 emolumental1664 quick1681 well-metalleda1734 pay-rent1742 profitable1758 emolumentary1775 remunerative1813 economical1815 repaying1820 well-paying1832 benefited1837 paying1841 payable1855 money-making1887 economic1899 bankable1927 megadollar1963 money-spinning1973 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 362 Plentiful and opulent private estates, emblem'd by the pregnancy of the Fields. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 6 The richest and most opulent Wheat-lands. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. i. 12 So opulent and brilliant a commerce. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. i. 406 Hanover was the Britannic Majesty's beloved son; and the British Empire his opulent milk-cow. c. Indicative or suggestive of wealth; ostentatiously luxurious or grand, sumptuous. ΚΠ 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 272 His way of life was splendid and opulent. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xlvi. 287 It was some semi-public place of opulent entertainment; and far surpassed any thing of the kind I had ever seen. 1872 A. O'Shaughnessy Lays of France 107 The tomb Was opulent with glittering gold. 1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. iii. 57 Mrs. Peniston's opulent interior was at least not externally dingy. 1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) xiii. 265 Ruthless, paste-faced automatons in opulent John Held trousers. 1995 Sat. Night June 55/2 The grandest and most opulent party staged by the Toronto financial world. 2. figurative. a. Rich in respect of a quality; having an abundance of mental powers or resources. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance fulleOE ranka1250 broada1300 rifec1325 copiousa1387 wealthful ofa1400 plaina1450 heavy-ladenc1450 fluenta1592 onust1604 heavy1622 onusted1657 opulent1685 aflooda1729 rowtha1774 acrawl1830 lousy1843 awash1912 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal 94 ii. xiv. 94 Thou..Exchang'd thy opulent state of Innocence, For this poor mortal state, which we possess. 1788 W. Hayley Poems & Plays II. 50 France is more opulent in letter'd fame. 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. Add. p. xiii Grollier, whose library was opulent in these luxuries. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. xv. 123 The certain prefigurement..of an opulent, genial and sunny mind. 1867 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 380 The injustice of applying the epithet ‘destructive’ to such an opulent and affirmative soul. 1929 R. E. Sencourt Life George Meredith xiii. 288 The choicest of his epigrams and the most opulent of his fancies descended upon their heads like rain upon the earth. 1984 J. Updike Hugging the Shore (1985) 318 The novel is opulent in its display of accents, imagery, and emotions. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 15 Carson writes like the poet he is, cloudy and opulent of words, but never precious. b. Of a flower or plant: having a wealth of blossom, colour, or fragrance; (of a scent) powerful, strong. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] > striking or splendid in appearance or fragrance attired1757 showy1793 opulent1863 1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xiv. 181 The hyacinths..filling the walk with their opulent breath. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 248 Or beast or bird or fish, or opulent flower. 1886 T. Woolner Nelly Gray 5 Our pathway..So rich with blossom, and opulent Successive honeysuckle scent. 1993 Horticulture Oct. 46 Vegetation for spring interest, including superb camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas, and opulent dogwoods. 2002 Seattle Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. f8 Early summer gives us opulent flowers and brilliant green foliage. c. Of a person's figure or breast: plump, full, ample. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 1882 P. H. Hayne Poems 220 Pressed To the large fountains of her opulent breast. 1907 Daily Chron. 3 June 4/4 It is the figure..that is materialised this and every evening in the opulent person of the Cleopatra of Miss Constance Collier at His Majesty's Theatre. 1932 R. Lehmann Invit. Waltz iii. i. 155 A gown of silver brocade moulded her opulent but well-controlled contours. 1940 T. Wolfe & E. C. Aswell You can't go Home Again ii. xi. 162 With a vigorous and jubilant movement she flung the covers off her small and opulent body. 2002 Scoop (Electronic ed.) 18 Mar. Noting her ‘opulent’ bosom, La Repubblica added that ‘motherhood has softened her form’. Derivatives † opulentness n. Obsolete rare wealth.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Opulentness, wealthiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1518
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