sumptuous
adj.
Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish: “He likes big meals, so I cook sumptuous ones” (Anaïs Nin).
[Middle English, from Old French sumptueux, from Latin sūmptuōsus, from sūmptus, expense; see sumptuary.]
sump′tu·ous·lyadv.
sump′tu·ous·ness n.
