sumptuary
Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goodsRelating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.
Meaning
3 sensesRelating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.
(historical)Chiefly in sumptuary law: of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labour, or to reinforce morals or social hierarchies.
(broadly, historical)Of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations.
- regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Latin sūmptuārius (“of or relating to expenditure, sumptuary; person in charge of houFrom 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 verbs).
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Forms
more sumptuary, most sumptuary| Comparative | more sumptuary Lesson |
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Word family
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2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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