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Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

Not expensive; cheap.

Inexpensive. Milton.

a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads. -- Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground. -- Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery. -- Brussels point. See Poi…

or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street. He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay.

The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.

At great cost; expensively. [Obs.]

Costly; expensive. [Obs.] The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak.

The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.

Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.

To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).

re, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. Spectator.

In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.

t carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually expensive endowed schools which give a liberal modern education or prepare pupils for the universities. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Winchester are of this class.

A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.

Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. Atterbury. She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shining expectation fixed on mine. Tenn…