Link Centre Dictionary

opulent

opu·lent

UK/ˈɒpjʊlənt/ US/ˈɑpjʌlʌnt/ rare

adjective

1.

rich and superior in quality

  • “a princely sum”
  • “gilded dining rooms”

Origin

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

Related words

Word family

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.