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lavish |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade out cf AS gelafian to refresh, G. laben.] 1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as lavish of money; lavish of praise. 2. Superabundant; excessive; as lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means --Shak. Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See {Profuse}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lavished} (-[i^]sht); p. pr & vb n. {Lavishing}.] To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as to lavish money or praise. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lavish adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: {munificent}, {overgenerous}, {prodigal}, {too-generous}, {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}] 2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: {lucullan}, {lush}, {plush}, {plushy}] v : expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns: "He was showered with praise" [syn: {shower}]
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