lautitious

== English == === Etymology === 1640s, Latin lautitia ("elegance, magnificence, splendor") nominalized from past participle of lavare (to wash): lautus ("washed, bathed"), see lave. === Adjective === lautitious (comparative more lautitious, superlative most lautitious) (obsolete) sumptuous; luxurious; splendid 1891, Robert Herrick, Alfred William Pollard, The Hesperides & Noble Numbers - Volume 2, Nabu Press, page 78 To sup with thee thou did'st me home invite; And mad'st a promise that mine appetite should meet and tire on such lautitious meat, The like not Heliogabalus did eat. 1891, K. Paul, The Century Guild Hobby Horse - Volume 6, Trench and Company, page 53 Of Sewer, or Carver, and the like; with divers great Lords of State, all in their Robes: so that there was nothing order'd, at that High Banquet, but with vast Pomp; the meats lautitious, the wines generous, and gract with an Abundance of sumptuous Plate of Gold, the curious work of Vanlesen. 1993, Amanda Scott, The Rose at Twilight, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, page 317 I've more compliments to impart, to be sure, but I'd as lief make a gift of them to none but thy lautitious self. 2014, Arthur Machen, The Complete Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, page 6 of The Lord Maltworm's Second Tale - The Affair Done at the House with the Lattice I should judge that her taille is a rarer and more lautitious taille than that of Madam Phryne; but, by cock! if you win this lady you must be a very discreet knight, and a cunning, and a daring to boot; since Master Torlesse will have no gallants, keeps his door bolted, and shoots bolts at any he sees lurking about.