lush
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lush¹
- /ˈlʌʃ/
- [ˈlʌʃ]
- /ˈlʊʃ/ Northern England
- [ˈlʊʃ] Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆, from Proto-Germanic *laskuz, *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”).
Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German er-leswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃 (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.
adjective lusher · lushest
- Juicy, succulent. How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
- Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
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Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
Similar: bosky, verdant, greenly, lavish, lush, verdured, verdurous, virid, viridescent
- Savoury, delicious. That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!
- Thriving; rife; sumptuous. They rolled into Jane's room a wheeled cart lush with cake and cookies and shrimp and crudités and pop and soda water. The staff was giving us a going-away party for our trip to Seattle; it was good to understand their confidence.
- Beautiful, sexy. Boys with long hair are lush!
- Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked. Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
- Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
lush²
- /ˈlʌʃ/
- [ˈlʌʃ]
- /ˈlʊʃ/ Northern England
- [ˈlʊʃ] Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌʃ
Where it comes from
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead.
noun lushes
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A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.
Similar: souse, suck-pint, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer
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Intoxicating liquor.
I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight.
Similar: adult beverage, alcohol, bevvy, booze, carouse, drink, fuddling, grog, hard drink, libation, liquor, lush
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A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
Am I humble or am I a lush?
Similar: egotist, narcissist
adjective lusher · lushest
- Drunk; inebriated. “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”
verb lushes · lushing · lushed
- To drink (liquor) to excess.
Lush³
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian łuža (“swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža.
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: succulent, juicy, luxuriant, lucullan, plush, exuberant, lavish, profuse, abundant, plushy, riotous, rich, soaker, dipsomaniac, boozer, alcoholic
Translations
Every language
adj luxuriant, delicious
| Português | luxuriante |
|---|---|
| Română | delicios, savuros |
| Русский | роско́шный roskóšnyj |
adj dense, teeming with life
| Español | lozano, frondoso, ufano |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 茂密 màomì |
| Português | viçoso, exuberante |
| Français | luxuriant |
| Deutsch | üppig gewachsen |
| Italiano | rigoglioso, rigogliosa, lussureggiante |
| Română | luxuriant |
| Русский | бу́йный bújnyj |
adj beautiful, sexy
| Deutsch | geil |
|---|---|
| Română | atrăgător, sexy |
| Русский | сексапи́льный sɛksapílʹnyj |
adj amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked
| Deutsch | fantastisch, toll |
|---|---|
| Română | extraordinar, minunat, grozav, mișto |
| Русский | кла́ссный klássnyj, потряса́ющий potrjasájuščij, круто́й krutój, клёвый kljóvyj |
noun drunkard, sot, alcoholic
| Español | alcohólico, alcohólica |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | शराबी śarābī |
| Français | alcoolique |
| Deutsch | Alkoholiker, Alkoholikerin, Besoffener, Besoffene, Säufer, Säuferin |
| Italiano | alcolizzato, alcolizzata, beone, ubriaco, ubriaca, ubriacone |
| Română | bețiv, bețivă, alcoolic, alcoolică, drojdier |
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title = {lush},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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