different between bountiful vs lavish

English

Alternative forms

• bountifull (archaic)

Etymology

bounty +? -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?nt?f?l/, /?ba?nt?f?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?ba??n(?)?f??]
  • (UK, also) IPA^(key): /?ba?nt?f?l/

Adjective

bountiful (comparative more bountiful, superlative most bountiful)

1. Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 32:5:

     The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

English

Alternative forms

• lavis, laves, lavas (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English *lavish, laves, *lavaus, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lavasse (“torrent of rain”), or derived from Middle English laven (“to pour out”). See lave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læv??/
• Rhymes: -æv??

Adjective

lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)

1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

2. Superabundant; excessive
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2

     Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes

Synonyms

• (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, opulent
• See also Thesaurus:prodigal

Related terms

• lavy

Translations

Verb

lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)

1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

Translations

Related terms

• lavisher
• lavishly
• lavishness

Anagrams

• Vishal