dispendieux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dispendiōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.pɑ̃.djø/
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Adjective

dispendieux (feminine dispendieuse, masculine plural dispendieux, feminine plural dispendieuses)

  1. expensive
    un train de vie dispendieux ― an expensive lifestyle, a lavish lifestyle
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Le clerc sentit alors l'infimité de sa position; il envia des épaulettes, des croix, des titres. Tout cela devait lui plaire: il s'en doutait à ses habitudes dispendieuses.
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