单词 | sumptuosity |
释义 | sumptuosity (once / 173814 pages) n WORD FAMILY sumptuosity: sumptuosities+/sumptuous: sumptuosity, sumptuously, sumptuousness USAGE EXAMPLESAs one contemplates these courtly sumptuosities, La Bruyère's famous picture recurs to the mind, of far other scenes in the same gay land. Morley, John, Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3)...(2010) To facilitate matters the two friends progressively modified the sumptuosity of the program they had imposed upon themselves. Murger, Henry, Bohemians of the Latin Quarter(2010) He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs. Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair(2010) n the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive Syn|Hyper lavishness, luxury, sumptuousness expensiveness the quality of being high-priced |
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