different between lavish vs adorned

lavish

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

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adorned

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??d??nd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??d??nd/
  • Hyphenation: adorned

Verb

adorned

  1. simple past tense and past participle of adorn

Adjective

adorned (comparative more adorned, superlative most adorned)

  1. Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).

Anagrams

  • Deronda, Redonda

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