Associations to the word «Sumptuary»
Noun
- Extravagance
- Laws
- Luxury
- Lex
- Consuming
- Flannel
- Dress
- Maison
- Leisure
- Clothing
- Textile
- Apparel
- Law
- Legislation
- Sui
- Prohibition
- Prostitute
- Nobility
- Consumption
- Streetcar
- Wearing
- Regulation
- Expenditure
- Restriction
- Loaf
- Governance
- Strauss
- Levi
- Veronica
- Lauren
- Gown
- Hierarchy
- Lace
- Fur
- Renaissance
- Monarchy
- Clothes
- Wealth
- Garment
- Irene
- Laurel
- Ill
- Donna
- Dressing
- Cloth
- Item
- Violation
- Fashion
- Stan
- Expense
- Shame
- Trench
- Wear
- Rank
- Import
- Fabric
- Sack
- Muslim
- Tax
- Class
- Dorothy
- Coat
- Passion
- Alcohol
- Distinction
- Tobacco
- Bean
- Han
- Reform
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUMPTUARY, adjective. Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
SUMPTUARY, adjective. Relating to a law; sumptuary laws or regulations, are those intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.
SUMPTUARY LAW, noun. A law that attempts to regulate permitted consumption.
SUMPTUARY LAWS, noun. Plural of sumptuary law
SUMPTUARY TAX, noun. (economics) (taxation) A government levy on goods considered socially undesirable, most commonly alcohol and tobacco.
Dictionary definition
SUMPTUARY, adjective. Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding gambling".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.