Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SUMPTUOUS
deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, lush
(adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality; “a princely sum”; “gilded dining rooms”; “these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sumptuous (comparative more sumptuous, superlative most sumptuous)
Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
Synonyms
• lavish
Source: Wiktionary
Sump"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. sumptuosus, fr. sumptus expanse, cost: cf. F. somptueux. See Sumptuary.]
Definition: Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. Atterbury. She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shining expectation fixed on mine. Tennyson.
– Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv.
– Sump"tu*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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