opulence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French opulence, from Latin opulentia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɒp.jʊl.əns/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpjʊləns
Noun
[edit]opulence (countable and uncountable, plural opulences)
- Wealth.
- Abundance, bounty, profusion.
- Ostentatious display of wealth and luxury; plushness.
- 1721, John Gay, “A Panegyrical Epiſtle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldſmith, near Temple-Bar; Occaſion’d by his Buying and Selling the Third South-Sea Subſcriptions, taken in by the Directors at a Thouſand per Cent”, in Miſcellanies, volume 3, published 1733, page 239:
- There in full Opulence a Banker dwelt,
Who all the Joys and Pangs of Riches felt;
His Side-board glitter’d with imagin’d Plate;
And his proud Fancy held a vaſt Eſtate.
- C. J. Fox:
- The most meritorious persons have always … been removed from opulence.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:wealth
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]wealth
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abundance
ostentatious display of wealth and luxury
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin opulentia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]opulence f (plural opulences)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “opulence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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