gilded vs sumptuous what difference

what is difference between gilded and sumptuous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

Verb

gilded

1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Adjective

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7

     All that glisters is not gold;

     Often have you heard that told:

     Many a man his life hath sold

     But my outside to behold:

     Gilded tombs do worms infold.

     Had you been as wise as bold,

     Young in limbs, in judgement old,

     Your answer had not been inscroll’d:

     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• glided

English

Etymology

From French somptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus, from sūmptus (“cost, charge, expense”), from sumō (“I take”) +‎ -tus (noun formation suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmpt͡ʃuəs/

Adjective

sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)

1. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
   • 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller:

     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;

Synonyms

• lavish

Derived terms

• sumption
• sumptuary
• sumptuousness

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