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Webster 1913 Edition
Opiparous
O-pip′a-rous
,Adj.
[L.
opiparus
, fr. ops
, opis
, riches + parare
to provide.] Sumptuous.
[Obs.]
– O-pip′a-rous-ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
E. Waterhouse.
Definition 2024
opiparous
opiparous
English
Adjective
opiparous (comparative more opiparous, superlative most opiparous)
- (obsolete) Sumptuous, luxurious.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.4: