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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sumptuary \Sump"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus
expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub
under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem.]
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Sumptuary laws or Sumptuary regulations, laws intended to
restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel,
food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of
commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or
restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious
apparel.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sumptuary \Sump"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus
expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub
under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem.]
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
--Bacon.
Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain
or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food,
furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of
commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or
restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious
apparel.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sumptuary
adj : regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior;
"sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large
houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding
gambling"
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sumptuary
a.
1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
goods.
2 (lb en law historical)
3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
or social#Adjective hierarchy.
4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
regulations.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sumptuary
a.
1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
goods.
2 (lb en law historical)
3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
or social#Adjective hierarchy.
4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
regulations.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sumptuary
a.
1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
goods.
2 (lb en law historical)
3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
or social#Adjective hierarchy.
4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
regulations.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sumptuary
a.
1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
goods.
2 (lb en law historical)
3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
or social#Adjective hierarchy.
4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
regulations.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sumptuary
Englanti a.
kulutusta koskeva t. siihen liittyvä
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
محدد للنفقات
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
Aufwands…
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
1. व्यय सम्बन्धी
"We must try to limit and control our expenses."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
1. költekezést szabályozó
2. fényûzést szabályozó
3. fényûzést korlátozó
4. költekezést korlátozó
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
1. sarfiyata ait masraflarla ilgili, masrafları sınırlayan. sumptuary law masrafları sınırlayan kanun
2. din veya ahlâka dayanarak özel hayatı düzenleyen kanun.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 节省费用的,禁止奢侈的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 限制费用的,禁止奢侈的
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