Meanings
adjectiveopiparous (comparative more opiparous, superlative most opiparous)
comparative more opiparous · superlative most opiparous
- obsoleteSumptuous, luxurious.
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.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 4
Origin
- Latinopiparus
- Englishopiparous
From Latin opiparus, from (plural of) ops + parāre.
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