Lucullan

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The Word of the Day for January 29 is: 

Lucullan   \loo-KULL-un\   adjective
          : lavish, luxurious 

Example sentence:
          The banquet guests were treated to a Lucullan feast in the royal 
dining room.

Did you know?
          "Lucullan" echoes the name of Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus. 
The general had a distinguished military career (including the defeat of 
Mithradates VI Eupator, king of Pontus, at Cabira in 72 B.C.), but he is best 
remembered for the splendor of his opulent retirement. Lucullus established a 
reputation for magnificent banquets, at which he wined and dined the leading 
poets, artists, and philosophers of his time. His feasts were sufficiently 
extravagant to establish a lasting place for his name as a synonym of "lavish" 
in the English lexicon.





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