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sumptuous
in
The Once and Future King
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- Kay's sumptuous bath had to be set up in the box-room, between two towel-horses and an old box of selected games which contained a worn-out straw dart-board—it was called flechette in those days—because all the other rooms were full of packing.†
Book 1 *
- Arthur put their bodies into sumptuous coffins—not sarcastically—and sent them to the Lord Mayor of Rome, instead of the tribute which had been demanded.†
Book 3
- The bed was a sumptuous one with a coverlet of red sendal, to match the tent Lancelot rolled himself in it, pressed his nose into the silk pillow, kissed it for Guenever, and was fast asleep.†
Book 3
- On one side would be a commodious gibbet set up by some old-fashioned princeling to hang King Arthur's knights and the common Saxons who trusted them—a gibbet perhaps nearly as sumptuous as that constructed at Montfaucon, which could support sixty bodies depending like drab fuchsias between its sixteen stone pillars.†
Book 3
- Now, instead of the plates made of bread, there were covered dishes, scented finger bowls, sumptuous table cloths, a plethora of napkins.†
Book 3
- It had once been something to live for, a handrail— not a particularly sumptuous handrail, but sufficiently serviceable to keep her upright She had been able to make do.†
Book 3
- When she was gone he stepped into the room, sumptuous in his black velvet, with one cold diamond beaming in the rushlight from his scarlet badge.†
Book 4
- It was a sumptuous interior, what with the royal tapestries—Uriah was there, still in the article of bisection—and the couch strewn deep with furs, and the flashing candles.†
Book 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(sumptuous) magnificent (impressively wonderful) -- often indicating something expensive
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)