opulent

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒpjʊlənt/

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opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)

1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 302:

     He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.

   • 1976 August 14, Gary Jane Hoisington, “Locker Room As The Site Of Religious Ecstasy”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 9:

     It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour).

2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
   • 2007 October 19, Paula Deitz, “In Autumn, a Garden Lover’s Thoughts Turn to Kiku”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The outdoor setting around the lily ponds in the twin courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is opulent with maples in radiant hues, and a veritable forest of conifers and bamboo with underplantings like bush-clover, silver grass and balloon flowers from the “seven flowers of autumn” cited in early Japanese poems.

   • 2012, James Branch Cabell, Chivalry, page 138:

     For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair and red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue.

• opulence

Borrowed from Latin opulentus.

opulent (feminine opulenta, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)

1. opulent

• opulència

• “opulent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “opulent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “opulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “opulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin opulentus.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.py.lɑ̃/

opulent (feminine opulente, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)

1. opulent

• opulemment

• opulence

• → Romanian: opulent

• “opulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• loupent

Borrowed from French opulent, from Latin opulentus.

opulent m or n (feminine singular opulentă, masculine plural opulenți, feminine and neuter plural opulente)

1. opulent