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English Dictionary: lavish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lavish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lavish adj 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" Synonym(s): lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" Synonym(s): lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy v expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" Synonym(s): lavish, shower
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[acr]v"[icr]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} (-[icr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lavishing}.] To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.