sumptuary

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ UK /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃʊəɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #351536

Meanings

1

adj
regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior

Sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots.
2

adj
Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.

Among the trade goods mentioned are not only luxury items but also food produce, which contradicts the idea of exclusively sumptuary trade. Quite possibly these northern lords maintained sporadic trade with Guayaquil in pre-Hispanic times.

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Word family

Derived forms sumptuariessumptuarily

Related forms consume consumer consumptionsumptuositysumptuous sumptuouslysumptuousnessunsumptuous

Etymology

From Latin sūmptuārius (“of or relating to expenditure, sumptuary; person in charge of household expenses”) + English -ary (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sūmptuārius is derived from sūmptus (“charge, cost, expense”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives); and sūmptus from sūmō (“to catch, seize, take; to acquire, get, obtain; to apply, employ, use; to consume, spend”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + emō (“to acquire, procure; to buy, purchase”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”))) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from...

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# sumptuary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃʊəɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 351536

## Meanings
1. regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
2. Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.

## Examples
- Sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots.
- Among the trade goods mentioned are not only luxury items but also food produce, which contradicts the idea of exclusively sumptuary trade. Quite possibly these northern lords maintained sporadic trade with Guayaquil in pre-Hispanic times.

## Derived Forms
- sumptuaries
- sumptuarily

## Related Forms
- consume
- consumer
- consumption
- sumptuosity
- sumptuous
- sumptuously
- sumptuousness
- unsumptuous

## Etymology
From Latin sūmptuārius (“of or relating to expenditure, sumptuary; person in charge of household expenses”) + English -ary (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sūmptuārius is derived from sūmptus (“charge, cost, expense”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives); and sūmptus from sūmō (“to catch, seize, take; to acquire, get, obtain; to apply, employ, use; to consume, spend”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + emō (“to acquire, procure; to buy, purchase”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”))) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from...

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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