Both Uses of
opulent
in
Catch-22
- Now that his secret was out, Milo relaxed with Yossarian and Orr and inflated opulently with a vast, shy pride.†
Chpt 22 *
- 34 THANKSGIVING It was actually all Sergeant Knight's fault that Yossarian busted Nately in the nose on Thanksgiving Day, after everyone in the squadron had given humble thanks to Milo for providing the fantastically opulent meal on which the officers and enlisted men had gorged themselves insatiably all afternoon and for dispensing like inexhaustible largess the unopened bottles of cheap whiskey he handed out unsparingly to every man who asked.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(opulent) magnificent and luxurious -- usually expensive