lavish
Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigalityExcessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
» Tom is lavish with his money.
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1 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
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From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (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”).
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7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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