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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.