“rich” – English explanatory dictionary

adj 1. who has a lot of money ○ If only we were rich, then we could buy a bigger house. ○ He never spends anything, and so he gets richer and richer. 2. (of a colour.) pleasantly strong and dark ○ She painted the kitchen door a rich red. 3. with many treasures ○ Our local museum has an unusually rich collection of watercolours. □ rich in something containing a lot of something ○ The area is rich in old churches. ○ The south of the country is rich in coal. ○ Yeast tablets are rich in vitamin B. 4. made with a lot of cream, butter or eggs ○ This cream cake is too rich for me. 5. fertile ○ The flat area near Cambridge has rich black soil. (NOTE: richer – richest) ■ plural noun □ the rich rich people ○ At that price, this model of car is only for the really rich.

spicy; also used in the sense of “too much of a good thing;” “a
RICH idea,” one too absurd or unreasonable to be adopted.

(rich), a. [Compar. Richer ; superl. Richest.] [OE. riche, AS. rice rich, powerful; akin to OS. riki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. rihhi, Icel. rikr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex, regis, king, regere to guide, rule. rad.283. See Right, and cf. Derrick, Enrich, Rajah, Riches, Royal.]
1. Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; — opposed to poor. ´Rich merchants.´ Chaucer. “The rich [person] hath many friends.” Prov. xiv. 20. “As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash
Of some rich burgher.” Milton.
2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. “If life be short, it shall be glorious;
Each minute shall be rich in some great action.” Rowe. “The gorgeous East with richest hand
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.” Milton.
3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as rich soil or land; a rich mine.
4. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents. “Like to rich and various gems.” Milton.
5. Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; — especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit. “Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.” Baker.
6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as a rich color.
7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as a rich voice; rich music.
8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as a rich landscape; rich scenery.
9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.] Thackeray. Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained. Syn. — Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous; luscious.

v. t. To enrich. [Obs.] Gower.