opulent

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɒpjʊlənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #45848

Meanings

1

adj
Showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand.

They were married in an opulent hotel filled with chandeliers and marble floors.
2

adj
Rich and abundant in quality or quantity.

The garden was opulent with roses of every imaginable colour.

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Synonyms

1 adj · showing great wealth and... gilded

Word family

Derived forms inopulentopulentlyunopulent

Related forms opulence

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

opulentus Latin *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# opulent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɒpjʊlənt/
**Frequency rank:** 45848

## Meanings
1. Showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand.
2. Rich and abundant in quality or quantity.

## Examples
- They were married in an opulent hotel filled with chandeliers and marble floors.
- The garden was opulent with roses of every imaginable colour.

## Derived Forms
- inopulent
- opulently
- unopulent

## Related Forms
- opulence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: opulentus
- Root: *h₃ep-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

## AI Etymology
Opulent is borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Important recorded forms include opulentus (Latin) and *h₃ep- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand and rich and abundant in quality or quantity. The wider family includes derived forms such as inopulent, opulently, and unopulent and related words such as opulence.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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