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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Delhi is an overwhelming experience. It is as if all of humanity has been squeezed into one city.
The streets groan under the weight of people. The air is filled with deafening noise and sumptuous smells.
What kind of smell is that? Good or bad?
Thanks.
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sumptuous smell
Delhi is an overwhelming experience. It is as if all of humanity has been squeezed into one city.
The streets groan under the weight of people. The air is filled with deafening noise and sumptuous smells.
What kind of smell is that? Good or bad?
Thanks.
Top answer
sumptuous would mean good smells.
- sumptuous would mean good smells.
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I would NOT use "sumptuous" in relation to smells. Recommended usage:
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sumptuous
1 a : involving large outlay or expense : COSTLY, LAVISH <the sumptuous dinner given by a railroad king -- Julian Maclaren-Ross> <a sumptuous piece of bookmaking -- Lionel Stevenson> <a sumptuous education -- O.S.J.Gogarty> <general effect is one of an ov
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sumptuous
1 a : involving large outlay or expense : COSTLY, LAVISH <the sumptuous dinner given by a railroad king -- Julian Maclaren-Ross> <a sumptuous piece of bookmaking -- Lionel Stevenson> <a sumptuous education -- O.S.J.Gogarty> <general effect is one of an ov
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Interesting.
Perhaps because of the "luxurious" meaning, or perhaps because it sounds like "scrumptuous," but either way, I don't find anything odd about it. I would expect a sumptuous smell to be rich, potent, and very good.
Perhaps because of the "luxurious" meaning, or perhaps because it sounds like "scrumptuous," but either way, I don't find anything odd about it. I would expect a sumptuous smell to be rich, potent, and very good.
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I wouldn't use it in relation to a smell either, but the author who did clearly meant that they were good and not unpleasant smells.
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