ultrarich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ultra-rich
form: ultra rich
Etymology: From ultra- + rich.
Senses: examples: text: During the housing boom that ended in 2005, money poured into real estate from investors ranging from the ultrarich to middle-class professionals like doctors, teachers and midlevel managers.
ref: 2007 February 22, Christine Haughney, “Lofty Hopes, Suspended”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely rich; very wealthy
examples: text: With its tart, light sauce made from rich silky Guatemalan-style cultured cream, the dish is unabashedly luxurious and more ... Revolcado, a soupy pork-head stew— the waitress was shocked when I ordered it—it is an ultrarich spicy broth, the product of simmering a pork head until the meat falls away.
ref: 1992, Linda Burum, A Guide to Ethnic Food in Los Angeles, →ISBN, page 177:
text: Sporting 205 grams of residual sugar per liter, this backward, ultrarich wine will require cellaring
ref: 2002, Robert M. Parker, Pierre-Antoine Rovani, Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Deal with hardness by putting the container in the refrigerator to soften the ice cream gently before scooping, or carefully microwave for a few seconds on low, just as you would for ultrarich super-premium ice creams from the supermarket.
ref: 2015, Alice Medrich, Pure Dessert, →ISBN, page 224:
glosses: Extremely rich in flavor; very sweet, fatty, or intensely flavorful.
examples: text: "It's got ultrarich color [see pit viper below], tight grain and," he adds, “it's processed in only two hours."
ref: 1993 February, “Films of Choice”, in Popular Photography, volume 100, number 2, page 36:
text: Apply one coat of Max Factor Vivid Impact Lip Color in Ms. Right (S798) for ultrarich red lips.
ref: 20th century, Harper's Bazaar, page 90:
glosses: Extremely bold and vivid.
raw_tags: of color
examples: text: To get super shine, go for shampoos that remove product buildup, ultrarich conditioners and stylers with vitamins or silicones,
ref: 2000, Mademoiselle - Volume 106, Issues 8-12, page 150:
text: Created with ultrarich ingredients like avocado oil, Redken's All Soft Shampoo ($7.95) help fight dry-hair disasters.
ref: 2001, Honey, page 78:
text: The mystique surrounding Creme de la Mer only continues to grow, as celebrities like Madonna, Courteney Cox Arquette, Heather Locklear, and Sharon Stone have sworn by the ultrarich moisturizer.
ref: 2003, Allure - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 143:
glosses: Extremely thick, smooth, and creamy with a high fat content.
examples: text: Reserve values of the primary Persian Gulf province vary greatly in different parts of the area; thus the northern two-thirds of the British area in Iran, and. a strip 50 miles wide in eastern Iran are ultrarich, as is the strip in Saudi Arabia, etc., on the west coast of the Persian Gulf from Trucial Oman north.
ref: 1947, Oil and Gas Journal, page 154:
text: The island's dark, ultrarich soil grows things that make visions of Eden pale.
ref: 1991, Bon Appétit - Volume 36, page 106:
text: Differences in the environments of the localization of rich and ultrarich rare-metal ores are explained, by Konoplev and others (1992), by the heterogenous nature of the ore-formation process.
ref: 1994, Geology of Ore Deposits:
glosses: Unusually full of desired resources, abounding.
examples: text: Two half-moon sofas, overstuffed and cushy looking, wear ultrarich red wool upholstery and fill the two corners at the far end of the room, .one on either side of the entrance to the dining room beyond.
ref: 2008, Ginny Aiken, A Steal of a Deal, →ISBN:
glosses: Composed of extremely costly materials; very luxurious.