noun
- wealth, riches, or affluence.
- abundance, as of resources or goods; plenty.
- the state of being opulent.
n.c.1510, from Middle French opulence (16c.), from Latin opulentia, from opulentus “wealthy,” dissimilated from *op-en-ent-, related to ops “wealth, power, resources,” opus “work, labor, exertion,” from PIE root *op- “to work, produce in abundance” (see opus).