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ultrarich

ultrarich adjective: extremely rich; very wealthy.

Adjective

ultrarich (not comparable)

  1. Extremely rich; very wealthy.
    • During the housing boom that ended in 2005, money poured into real estate from investors ranging from the ultrarich to middle-class professionals like doctors, teachers and midlevel managers.2007 February 22, Christine Haughney, “Lofty Hopes, Suspended”, in New York Times
  2. Extremely rich in flavor; very sweet, fatty, or intensely flavorful.
    • With its tart, light sauce made from rich silky Guatemalan-style cultured cream, the dish is unabashedly luxurious and more ... Revolcado, a soupy pork-head stew— the waitress was shocked when I ordered it—it is an ultrarich spicy broth, the product of simmering a pork head until the meat falls...1992, Linda Burum, A Guide to Ethnic Food in Los Angeles, →ISBN, page 177
    • Sporting 205 grams of residual sugar per liter, this backward, ultrarich wine will require cellaring2002, Robert M. Parker, Pierre-Antoine Rovani, Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, →ISBN, page 113
  3. Of a color, extremely bold and vivid.
    • "It's got ultrarich color [see pit viper below], tight grain and," he adds, “it's processed in only two hours."1993 February, “Films of Choice”, in Popular Photography, volume 100, number 2, page 36
    • Apply one coat of Max Factor Vivid Impact Lip Color in Ms. Right (S798) for ultrarich red lips.20th century, Harper's Bazaar, page 90
  4. Extremely thick, smooth, and creamy with a high fat content.
    • To get super shine, go for shampoos that remove product buildup, ultrarich conditioners and stylers with vitamins or silicones,2000, Mademoiselle - Volume 106, Issues 8-12, page 150
    • Created with ultrarich ingredients like avocado oil, Redken's All Soft Shampoo ($7.95) help fight dry-hair disasters.2001, Honey, page 78
  5. Unusually full of desired resources, abounding.
    • Reserve values of the primary Persian Gulf province vary greatly in different parts of the area; thus the northern two-thirds of the British area in Iran, and. a strip 50 miles wide in eastern Iran are ultrarich, as is the strip in Saudi Arabia, etc., on the west coast of the Persian Gulf from...1947, Oil and Gas Journal, page 154
    • The island's dark, ultrarich soil grows things that make visions of Eden pale.1991, Bon Appétit - Volume 36, page 106
  6. Composed of extremely costly materials; very luxurious.
    • Two half-moon sofas, overstuffed and cushy looking, wear ultrarich red wool upholstery and fill the two corners at the far end of the room, .one on either side of the entrance to the dining room beyond.2008, Ginny Aiken, A Steal of a Deal, →ISBN

Noun

ultrarich (uncountable)

  1. The wealthiest class of people.
    • On the North Shore, the ultrarich who moved out from Manhattan early in the century actually improved environmental conditions by reforesting the bare farmlands they bought for their estates.1996, Roger D. Stone, Nicolas De Maria, Fair tide: sailing toward Long Island's future, →ISBN, page 5
    • It looked to be another perfect day in the playland of the ultrarich.2003, Vince Flynn, Executive Power, →ISBN, page 17

Examples of ultrarich in a sentence

  • Revolcado, a soupy pork-head stew— the waitress was shocked when I ordered it—it is an ultrarich spicy broth, the product of simmering a pork head until the meat falls away.1992, Linda Burum, A Guide to Ethnic Food in Los Angeles, →ISBN, page 177:
  • The mystique surrounding Creme de la Mer only continues to grow, as celebrities like Madonna, Courteney Cox Arquette, Heather Locklear, and Sharon Stone have sworn by the ultrarich moisturizer.2003, Allure - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 143:
  • Differences in the environments of the localization of rich and ultrarich rare-metal ores are explained, by Konoplev and others (1992), by the heterogenous nature of the ore-formation process.1994, Geology of Ore Deposits:

Forms of ultrarich

alternative formultra-rich
alternative formultra rich

Origin of ultrarich

From ultra- + rich.

Questions about ultrarich

What does ultrarich mean?
Ultrarich means extremely rich; very wealthy.
How do you use ultrarich in a sentence?
Revolcado, a soupy pork-head stew— the waitress was shocked when I ordered it—it is an ultrarich spicy broth, the product of simmering a pork head until the meat falls away.
What part of speech is ultrarich?
Ultrarich can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ultrarich in the dictionary

  1. ultrarevolutionaries
  2. ultrarevolutionary
  3. ultrarevolutionism
  4. ultrarevolutionist
  5. ultrarevolutionists
  6. ultrarich
  7. ultraright
  8. ultrarightism
  9. ultrarightist
  10. ultrarightists
  11. ultrarights

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