opulent
pronunciation
How to pronounce opulent in British English:
UK [ˈɒpjələnt]
How to pronounce opulent in American English:
US [ˈɑpjələnt]
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- Adjective:
- rich and superior in quality
Word Origin
- opulent
- opulent: see operate
- opulent (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French opulent, from Latin opulentem (nominative opulens) "wealthy, rich," from opulentus (see opulence).
Example
- 1. Alongside the opulent residential blocks towering over its palm-fringed beaches , recife has 600 favelas ( slums ) , and its lagoons are fetid with untreated sewage .
- 2. Beneath the opulent facade , however , shanghai was known forvice : not only opium , but also gambling and prostitution . Little changed aftersun yat-sen 's republic of china supplanted the qing dynasty in 1912 .
- 3. Beijing : contrary to their opulent look with sprawling campuses , most of the universities in china are running in huge losses raking up a total debt of usd 40.69 billion until last year , an official has said .
- 4. An opulent soap in which a female detective ( meagan good ) returns to the wealthy family in which she grew up - only she 's undercover as the maid 's daughter - to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend .
- 5. Then there are india 's ' palaces on wheels ' , the opulent former railcars of princes and maharajas , now pressed into service for the paying public .