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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1639
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Sumptuositie, n. [e.m.E. sumptuosytie (1559), -itie (1562), late L. sumptuositāt-, f. as Sumptuous adj.] Lavishness, extravagance. — 1639 Baillie I 214.
The fare was as became a generall in tyme of warre … bot ye know that the English sumptuositie both in warr and peace is despised by all their neighbours
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