| 单词 | sumptuary |
| 释义 | sumptuary (once / 18584 pages) adj Use the adjective sumptuary to talk about rules that control spending. You're most likely to see it in historical documents, in the context of "sumptuary laws" or "sumptuary regulations." This adjective denoting restrictiveness in spending or behavior has fallen out of fashion in the modern age, and perhaps just as well: it looks confusingly similar to sumptuous, whose meaning is opposite in spirit. Both words are derived from Latin sumptus, which means "expense or expensive." WORD FAMILYsumptuary USAGE EXAMPLESThe French have a history of imposing this 21st-century equivalent of medieval sumptuary law on other items of Muslim dress. Wall Street Journal(Aug 28, 2016) Special sumptuary laws dished out brutal punishment to those who swagged above their stations. Slate(Nov 17, 2015) Many such stratified societies also regulate consumption through sumptuary laws, which enforce social hierarchies by regulating consumption according to social rank. Scientific American(May 08, 2015) adj regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots sumptuary laws forbidding gambling Syn restrictive serving to restrict |
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