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Definition of Opulent
1. Adjective. Rich and superior in quality. "Gilded dining rooms"
Similar to: Rich
Derivative terms: Grandness, Luxuriousness, Luxury, Luxury, Luxury, Opulence, Sumptuosity, Sumptuousness, Sumptuousness
Definition of Opulent
1. a. Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.
Definition of Opulent
1. Adjective. luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent ¹
2. Adjective. rich, sumptuous and extravagant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opulent
1. wealthy [adj] - See also: wealthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opulent
Literary usage of Opulent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon: Consisting of an Alphabetical ...by Benjamin Davidson by Benjamin Davidson (1848)
"Root not used ; Arab, to be fat ; to be rich, opulent, (rich) pr. name of a man.
... 32, rich, opulent, noble. Michaelis takes it as a pr. name, ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"... J'8 Collectanea—Johnson's Politics, and general Mode of Life—opulent Trad*
men—London—Black-letter Books—" Anatomy of Melancholy. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"But the episcopal chair w;is solicited, especially hi the great and opulent cities
of the empire, as a temporal rather than as a spiritual dignity. ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"We recall the quiet guest-chamber, apart from the noise of the street, and lifted
far above the river; that room opulent and subtle with the astral shapes ..."
5. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"... and utterly inadmissible. ished; for what are two hundred to the multitude of
opulent families who may, and will, and do, visit the various exhibitions. ..."
6. The History of America by William Robertson (1780)
"became gradually a populous and opulent town. What may be the effect of the
altera- tion lately made in the government of this colony, the nature of which ..."
7. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"Neither will it be here unseasonable, to spend a little time in considering how
the affections and tempers of so rich and opulent a city, ..."
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