Both Uses
sumptuous
in
The God of Small Things
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- Biscuit tins with sumptuous pictures of English castles and ladies with bustles and ringlets.†
Chpt 10 *
- From where the sleeves ended, her soft arm-flesh swelled and dropped over her dimpled elbows in a sumptuous bulge.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(sumptuous) magnificent (impressively wonderful) -- often indicating something expensive
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)