different between lavish vs inordinate

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

English

Etymology

From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n???d?n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n???dn??t/

Adjective

inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)

1. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

Further reading

• inordinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Adjective

in?rdin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of in?rdin?tus

References

• inordinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette