lush


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lush1
adjective
  • 1 (of vegetation) luxuriant.

    ■ very rich and providing great sensory pleasure.

  • 2 Brit. informal sexually attractive.

    ■ very good: I had some really lush pressies.

– derivatives
lushly adverb,
lushness noun.
– origin ME: perh. an alt. of obs. lash ‘soft, lax’, from OFr. lasche ‘lax’, by assoc. with luscious.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lush2 informal, chiefly N. Amer.
noun a drunkard. verb dated make (someone) drunk.
– origin C18: perh. a humorous use of lush1.
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