sumptuous
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
sumpt
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
sumptuous
involving great expense; costly; lavish (expending in great abundance)
华丽的, 奢侈的
Dissection of sumptuous
sumptuous = sumpt (take) + -u (-u together with -ous makes -uous, -uous is from -uus which is a Latin adjective suffix meaning -ous, so -uous = -ous) + -ous (full of);
full of taking
consuming a lot of things;
sumptuous = extended further to mean consuming or expending a lot of things;
sumptuous = extended further to mean very costly; extravagant
Now Repeat my Dissection
full of taking
consuming a lot of things;
sumptuous = extended further to mean consuming or expending a lot of things;
sumptuous = extended further to mean very costly; extravagant
Important roots for this word:
-ous
sumpt
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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