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Sumptuary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Sumptuary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior

"sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"

"sumptuary laws forbidding gambling"

2

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

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Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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