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somptueux — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lavish adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
  • pulchritudinous adj Having great physical beauty.
  • sumptuous adj Lavish, luxurious, and clearly expensive.
  • voluptuous adjective Curvaceous and sexually attractive, especially describing a woman's figure.
  • zaftig adj Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.

Senses

somptueux is used for these senses in English:

  • lavish Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
  • pulchritudinous (literary) Having great physical beauty.
  • sumptuous Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
  • voluptuous Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
  • zaftig (US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.

lavish — full definition

  1. adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
  2. verb To give something generously and abundantly, often to excess.

pulchritudinous — full definition

  1. adj Having great physical beauty.
  2. adj That endows pulchritude; beautifying.

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