Definitions
Rich, generous, abundant, or extravagantly supplied.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“lavish of money; lavish of praise”
“Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.”
“lavish spirits”
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01“Extravagant”6 letters
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