different between sumptuous vs luscious

English

Etymology

From French somptueux, from Latin sumptu?sus, from s?mptus (“cost, charge, expense”), from sum? (I take) +? -tus (noun formation suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mpt??u?s/

Adjective

sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)

1. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
   • 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller:

     Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

     He sees his little lot the lot of all;

     Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

     To shame the meanness of his humble shed;

     No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal

     To make him loathe his vegetable meal;

Synonyms

• lavish

Derived terms

• sumption
• sumptuary
• sumptuousness

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Alternative forms

• lushious (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of *lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) +? -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52).

An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)

1. Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
   • 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden

     Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

     There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.

2. Sexually appealing; seductive.
3. Obscene.

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