opiparous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin opiparus, from (plural of) ops + parāre.
Adjective edit
opiparous (comparative more opiparous, superlative most opiparous)
- (obsolete) Sumptuous, luxurious.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.ii.4:
- a fair-built and sumptuous edifice, as that of the Persian kings so much renowned by Diodorus and Curtius, in which all was almost beaten gold […], with sweet odours and perfumes, generous wines, opiparous fare, etc.