lavish
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lavish
- /ˈlævɪʃ/
Rhymes with -ævɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).
adjective lavisher · more lavish · lavishest · most lavish · lavis · laves
- Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. lavish of money; lavish of praise
- Superabundant; excessive. lavish spirits
- Unrestrained, impetuous. Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thine
- Rank or lush with vegetation. […] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]
verb lavishes · lavishing · lavished · lavis · laves
- To give out extremely generously; to squander. They lavished money on the dinner.
- To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. They lavished him with praise.
noun lavis · laves · lavas
- Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
