opulencen.

Brit.

/ˈɒpjᵿləns/,

/ˈɒpjᵿln̩s/, U.S.

/ˈɑpjəl(ə)ns/,

/ˈoʊpjəl(ə)ns/

Forms: 1500s– opulence, 1600s 1800s oppulence.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French opulence; Latin opulentia.

Etymology: < Middle French, French opulence great richness (1464), abundance (1874), and its etymon classical Latin opulentia wealth, riches, affluence, sumptuousness, splendour ( < opulentus opulent adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹); compare -ence suffix. Compare Occitan opulencia (c1350), Catalan opulència (1456), Italian opulenza (c1470 as †oppulenza ), Spanish opulencia (1493), Portuguese opulência (17th cent.). Compare also opulency n.

a. Wealth, riches, affluence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun]

wealc888

ednessa1200

richessea1200

richdomc1225

richesses?c1225

wealtha1275

richesc1275

winc1275

warison1297

wonea1300

merchandisec1300

aver1330

richesc1330

substancea1382

abundancec1384

suffisance1390

talenta1400

pelf?a1505

opulence?1518

wealthsa1533

money bag1562

capital1569

opulency1584

affluency1591

affluence1593

exuberance1675

nabobism1784

money1848

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eiii No gyftes nor treasour, of greatest opulence.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 I mused how Yarmouth should be inuested in such plenty and opulence.

1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 2 The Hollander and Fleming may infuse this secret into us from that wonderous degree of opulence, and pompe, which both by Trade have ascended unto.

1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Odes iii. 329 Rome and its tumultous Joys, Its Crouds, and Smoke, and Opulence, and Noise.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 421 It is this effort..which has maintained the progress of England towards opulence .

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxi. 203 Citizens who had more recently risen to opulence.

1898 Argosy Apr. 7 In his widowed desolation and his late fall from opulence, looks to me to make a great alliance, that his child shall never know want.

1948 G. E. Kirk Short Hist. Middle East viii. 242 The masses are accustomed to poverty and will listen to their own political leaders rather than to foreigners who offer them opulence with a political ‘string’ attached.

b. Ostentatious luxury or grandeur; sumptuousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > sumptuousness

magnificencea1425

costiousnessc1443

sumpt1449

sumptuousness1525

costliness1528

magnificency1538

sumptuosity1550

richness1597

sumpture?1624

opulence1650

ritziness1931

plushiness1938

1650 T. B. Extraordinary Newes Court of Spain 5 In the whole course of his life, he never saw such Majesty, and opulence, such curiosities and magnificence.

1870 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 863 We shall endure ‘Lothair’ only so long as Lothair alone puts in a claim for the romantic, for the idea of luxury and opulence and splendor.

1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks v. 71 Wall Street's plungers put up residences styled in Italian Baroque and French Renaissance turning Fifth Avenue into a bazaar of parvenu opulence.

1992 Unesco Courier Mar. 50/3 The opulence of the candleholders, plates, dishes, cups.

2. figurative.

a. Richness in respect of a quality; abundance of mental resources or power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > in abundance

opulence1667

1667 K. Philips Poems 131 The British language claims [honour]..Both for its Age, and for its Opulence.

1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 80 Happiness consisted in the opulence of mutual love.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ p. iv Argument..aided by the most pathetic and picturesque description, speaks the opulence and the powers of that mind.

1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 62 He has that opulence which furnishes, at every turn, the precise weapon he needs.

1923 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Jan. 75 [The essay] on Antony and Cleopatra is Hazlittian in its enthusiasm and its opulence of phrase.

1979 Guardian 26 Mar. 14/5 It was no disappointment to find Italian verismo rather than Straussian opulence.

1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) iv. 172 A syrupy ghazal with a timbre whose opulence seems to ooze from the wrinkles between the crooner's anus and scrotum.

b. Abundance of a material thing; fullness or plumpness of figure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance

plentya1250

foison13..

abundance1340

copyc1375

fultha1400

plentya1425

murth?a1450

store1471

sonsea1500

banquet?1507

fouth1535

choice1584

horn of plenty (also abundancec1595

wealth1596

cornucopia1611

rifea1614

copia1713

bumper1759

beaucoup1760

lashings1829

plethora1835

any amount (of)1848

in galore1848

opulence1878

binder1881

lushing1890

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. vi. 129 The loose golden opulence of her hair These clouds untangle.

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 131 Leary, in his heavy opulence of flesh.

1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 189/2 Rugosa roses..have a sumptuous air of well-being brought about by the healthy foliage, aided and abetted by the opulence of their fruits.

1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man vi. 181 There was nothing inaccessible about..the opulence of her body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opulence
释义	opulencen. Brit. /ˈɒpjᵿləns/, /ˈɒpjᵿln̩s/, U.S. /ˈɑpjəl(ə)ns/, /ˈoʊpjəl(ə)ns/ Forms: 1500s– opulence, 1600s 1800s oppulence. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French opulence; Latin opulentia. Etymology: < Middle French, French opulence great richness (1464), abundance (1874), and its etymon classical Latin opulentia wealth, riches, affluence, sumptuousness, splendour ( < opulentus opulent adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹); compare -ence suffix. Compare Occitan opulencia (c1350), Catalan opulència (1456), Italian opulenza (c1470 as †oppulenza ), Spanish opulencia (1493), Portuguese opulência (17th cent.). Compare also opulency n. 1. a. Wealth, riches, affluence. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] wealc888 ednessa1200 richessea1200 richdomc1225 richesses?c1225 wealtha1275 richesc1275 winc1275 warison1297 wonea1300 merchandisec1300 aver1330 richesc1330 substancea1382 abundancec1384 suffisance1390 talenta1400 pelf?a1505 opulence?1518 wealthsa1533 money bag1562 capital1569 opulency1584 affluency1591 affluence1593 exuberance1675 nabobism1784 money1848 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eiii No gyftes nor treasour, of greatest opulence. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 I mused how Yarmouth should be inuested in such plenty and opulence. 1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 2 The Hollander and Fleming may infuse this secret into us from that wonderous degree of opulence, and pompe, which both by Trade have ascended unto. 1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Odes iii. 329 Rome and its tumultous Joys, Its Crouds, and Smoke, and Opulence, and Noise. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 421 It is this effort..which has maintained the progress of England towards opulence . View more context for this quotation 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxi. 203 Citizens who had more recently risen to opulence. 1898 Argosy Apr. 7 In his widowed desolation and his late fall from opulence, looks to me to make a great alliance, that his child shall never know want. 1948 G. E. Kirk Short Hist. Middle East viii. 242 The masses are accustomed to poverty and will listen to their own political leaders rather than to foreigners who offer them opulence with a political ‘string’ attached. b. Ostentatious luxury or grandeur; sumptuousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > sumptuousness magnificencea1425 costiousnessc1443 sumpt1449 sumptuousness1525 costliness1528 magnificency1538 sumptuosity1550 richness1597 sumpture?1624 opulence1650 ritziness1931 plushiness1938 1650 T. B. Extraordinary Newes Court of Spain 5 In the whole course of his life, he never saw such Majesty, and opulence, such curiosities and magnificence. 1870 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 863 We shall endure ‘Lothair’ only so long as Lothair alone puts in a claim for the romantic, for the idea of luxury and opulence and splendor. 1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks v. 71 Wall Street's plungers put up residences styled in Italian Baroque and French Renaissance turning Fifth Avenue into a bazaar of parvenu opulence. 1992 Unesco Courier Mar. 50/3 The opulence of the candleholders, plates, dishes, cups. 2. figurative. a. Richness in respect of a quality; abundance of mental resources or power. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > in abundance opulence1667 1667 K. Philips Poems 131 The British language claims [honour]..Both for its Age, and for its Opulence. 1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 80 Happiness consisted in the opulence of mutual love. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ p. iv Argument..aided by the most pathetic and picturesque description, speaks the opulence and the powers of that mind. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 62 He has that opulence which furnishes, at every turn, the precise weapon he needs. 1923 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Jan. 75 [The essay] on Antony and Cleopatra is Hazlittian in its enthusiasm and its opulence of phrase. 1979 Guardian 26 Mar. 14/5 It was no disappointment to find Italian verismo rather than Straussian opulence. 1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) iv. 172 A syrupy ghazal with a timbre whose opulence seems to ooze from the wrinkles between the crooner's anus and scrotum. b. Abundance of a material thing; fullness or plumpness of figure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance plentya1250 foison13.. abundance1340 copyc1375 fultha1400 plentya1425 murth?a1450 store1471 sonsea1500 banquet?1507 fouth1535 choice1584 horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 wealth1596 cornucopia1611 rifea1614 copia1713 bumper1759 beaucoup1760 lashings1829 plethora1835 any amount (of)1848 in galore1848 opulence1878 binder1881 lushing1890 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. vi. 129 The loose golden opulence of her hair These clouds untangle. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 131 Leary, in his heavy opulence of flesh. 1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 189/2 Rugosa roses..have a sumptuous air of well-being brought about by the healthy foliage, aided and abetted by the opulence of their fruits. 1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man vi. 181 There was nothing inaccessible about..the opulence of her body. 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