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Adjective: "possessing wealth; rich"
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- 1663 — William Clark, Marciano; Or, The Discovery: A Tragi-comedy, Act II, Scene 5, page 10
- he is most locuplete in both argentary and frumentary rents
- 1910 — anonymous, "The Point of View", "Frugal Hosptality", Scribner's Magazine (April), page 123
- And who can possibly have forgotten, in Thackeray's “Book of Snobs,” the dinner which the frugal but humorous Gray gave to the locuplete Goldmore
- 1933 — Chas E. Fisher, "The Locomotives of The Boston & Maine Railroad", The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin (April), page 14
- The luxury of its appointments cajoled New Yorkers who were sufficiently locuplete to meet its tariff
Adjective: "having an abundance of something; plentiful"
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- 1794 — Mark Anthony Meilan (translator), The Adventures of Telemachus: An Epic Poem from the French of Fenelon with Alterations, Volume 2, page 367 (originally published in French as "Les aventures de Télémaque" by François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, 1699)
- A city fill'd
With workmen in each art luxuriant ſkill'd,
And locuplete in gold,