Adjective : a sumptuous residence. ,a sumptuous feast. From Dictionary.com.
I also love the unabashed sumptuousness of the blend. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
That unapologetic sumptuousness is a quality I adore in perfumes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
It was clean while managing to convey the sumptuousness of the time. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Review: Le Chevalier D’Eon, Volume One | The Anime Blog] Reference
It is marked by ornamentation, sumptuousness, and French sentimentality. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
Red tiles everywhere gave a warm glow and even a feeling of sumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Holland]
These films have a visual sumptuousness without precedent in his earlier work. From Wordnik.com. [Rossellini's Television Masterworks] Reference
There is a barbaric sumptuousness about them, an elemental quality conveyed by the. From Wordnik.com. [Woman as Decoration] Reference
For many people this sumptuousness seems more anachronistic now, than ever before. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Michelle Obama's High Style for Hard Times] Reference
The music and noise rose from below the imperial gate to join in the sumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
Nature herself adds a new and exquisite sumptuousness to the luxury of civilisation. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
White's largely lost or diminished interiors were models of controlled sumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Book Review: Admiring Rich Peoples Houses?] Reference
In the 2nd century, the old canons were being rethought to create a new sumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [b. Economy, Society, and Culture] Reference
Colombo St. A far cry from the usual rock star sumptuousness of the Vacation Hotel or Noah's. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall in New Zealand] Reference
But still less need is there to give any further details about the sumptuousness of the refreshments. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The sumptuousness of his table was proverbial throughout the kingdom, and, having left Madame Joseph in. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
Like many palaces in Rome, the exterior is grand but simple, camouflaging a life of sumptuousness inside. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Siegal: My Roman Holiday with Valentino] Reference
If Ms. Krauss and her husband are guilty of anything, it's sumptuousness of ambition, enormousness of heart. From Wordnik.com. [Novelist Needs Room to Grow-Out of Her Reliance on Gimmicks] Reference
An order is five tea-sized sandwiches, but the sumptuousness made one or two enough, so sharing was perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Augieland:] Reference
This recipe takes pecan pie to a new level of sumptuousness with the addition of bourbon whiskey and chocolate. From Wordnik.com. [Thanksgiving Recipes: Dishes From New Orleans] Reference
His display and luxury manifested themselves in greater sumptuousness of furniture, more servants in livery, a box at the. From Wordnik.com. [Balzac] Reference
Some Brahmins, clad in all the sumptuousness of Oriental apparel, and leading a woman who faltered at every step, followed. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in 80 Days] Reference
He kept his carriages and horses, his cellar of costly wines, and entertained on a scale of great extravagance and sumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The atelier of the American painter was furnished with a harmonious sumptuousness which real artists know how to gather around them. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Until the time of the Restoration the furniture of England could not compare in sumptuousness with that of the Continental countries. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
The sumptuousness, the lack of aggressive clove note, the almost complete lack of powder, the multi-faceted quality of the composition. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
It is Hungarian fare that conspires from within, to envelope the heart and soul in the passionate sumptuousness of the cuisine and culture. From Wordnik.com. [I'll see you in Budapest] Reference
There is a certain harmony in the Oriental sumptuousness of his attire, like radiant sunsets, appropriate to certain styles of man and woman. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
Consequently the question of approving any work may be considered under three heads: that is, delicacy of workmanship, sumptuousness, and design. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Jehangir and Shah Jehan, the high-water mark of sumptuousness was attained in the use of pure white marble, lavishly inlaid with coloured stones. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
And the sumptuousness of her figure -- its faultless curves and lines, its lissome roundness, its young grace, the beauty of arm and neck and ankle!. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
They seem to mock the austerity of Osama bin Laden and obliterate the toughness of the Taliban with their sumptuousness, refinement and sheer opulence. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasures Of Islam] Reference
This means ideas of a classic tee in cashmere or the sumptuousness of a skirt of shrub green shredded taffeta - good for year-round just like a boxwood. From Wordnik.com. [Christy Ferer: Michael Kors Mixes Luxury with Comfort (VIDEO)] Reference
The successive palaces increase, not only in size, but in sumptuousness of adornment, thus registering those changes which we have been tracing in the national history. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
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