opiparous

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English

Etymology

From Latin opiparus, from (plural of) ops + parāre.

Adjective

opiparous (comparative more opiparous, superlative most opiparous)

  1. (obsolete) Sumptuous, luxurious.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.ii.4:
      a fair-built and sumptuous edifice, as that of the Persian kings so much renowned by Diodorus and Curtius, in which all was almost beaten gold , with sweet odours and perfumes, generous wines, opiparous fare, etc.