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Sumptuous vs Flowery - What's the difference?

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Sumptuous is a related term of flowery.


As adjectives the difference between sumptuous and flowery

is that sumptuous is magnificent, luxurious, splendid while flowery is (not comparable) pertaining to flowers.

sumptuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
  • * 1764 , :
  • 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;
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1829 , author= , title=The Alhambra citation , passage=I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.}}
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.}}

    Synonyms

    * lavish

    Derived terms

    * sumption * sumptuary * sumptuousness

    flowery

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
  • Decorated with flowers.
  • Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.
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