opiparous

English

Etymology

From Latin opiparus, from (plural of) ops + parāre.

Adjective

opiparous (comparative more opiparous, superlative most opiparous)

1. (obsolete) Sumptuous, luxurious.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] 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.