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Lucullan

Lucullan adjective: marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.

Adjective

Lucullan (comparative more Lucullan, superlative most Lucullan)

  1. Marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
    • a Lucullan feast
    • He will deign to finish this simple fare and wash it down with nothing more Lucullan than beer.1956, Anthony Burgess, chapter 15, in Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy; 1), London: Heinemann, published 1968, →ISBN, page 198

Forms of Lucullan

comparativemore Lucullan
superlativemost Lucullan

Origin of Lucullan

After the Roman general Lucullus (circa 117-57 B.C.E.), known for his sumptuous banquets.

Words formed from Lucullan

  • Lucullan marble

Questions about Lucullan

What does Lucullan mean?
Lucullan means marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
What part of speech is Lucullan?
Lucullan is an adjective.

Words near Lucullan in the dictionary

  1. lucubratory
  2. lucule
  3. luculent
  4. luculently
  5. lucules
  6. Lucullan
  7. Lucullean
  8. Lucullian
  9. lucullite
  10. lucullites
  11. Lucullus

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