lavish


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lavish/ˈlavɪʃ/
adjective
  • 1 sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
  • 2 giving or given in profusion.
verb (lavish something on) bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.
– derivatives
lavishly adverb,
lavishness noun.
– origin ME (as n. denoting profusion): from OFr. lavasse ‘deluge of rain’, from laver ‘to wash’, from L. lavare.
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