It's the Word of the Day for June 26th.

Today's word is sumptuous, spelled S-U-M-P-T-U-O-U-S.

Sumptuous is an adjective. It's used to describe things that are very expensive,

rich, luxurious, or magnificent. Here's the word used in a sentence from Forbes by Elizabeth

Brownfield. With comfy living areas with bistro tables, sumptuous marble bathrooms, and large

private lanais with sweeping views of the ocean,

mountain, or gardens, guests have ample room to spread out, relax, and really make themselves

at home. Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens may be a few of your favorite things,

but are they sumptuous?

Alas, though the best things in life are often free, the word sumptuous is a child of the

Latin word sumptus, meaning expense, and it typically describes things that can only be had

at some significant expense. A sumptuous lifestyle, for example, is more likely to involve silver-white bling

than a silver-white winter that melts into spring.

Sumptus has another English relation, this one tied even more closely to conspicuous consumption.

Sumptuary laws are largely historical regulations limiting extravagant

expenditures and habits, especially on moral or religious grounds. The sump and consumption is

coincidental. That word comes from consume, which has its roots in the Latin word sumeret,

meaning to take up or take.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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