different between lush vs lavish
lush
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysc, lesc (“slack; limp”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?y- (“to let; leave behind”). Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German erleswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse l?skr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.
Adjective
lush (comparative lusher, superlative lushest)
- Juicy, succulent.
- Synonyms: sapful, sappy
- (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
- (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
- (of food) Savoury, delicious.
- (miscellaneous) Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
- (Britain, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
- (Britain, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
- (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
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Etymology 2
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead.
Noun
lush (countable and uncountable, plural lushes)
- (slang, derogatory) A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
- Synonyms: souse, suck-pint; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
- (slang) intoxicating liquor
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage
- 1841, Charles Lever, Charles O'Malley
- If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.
- (Hawaii, Pidgin, slang) A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
- Synonyms: egotist, narcissist
Translations
Verb
lush (third-person singular simple present lushes, present participle lushing, simple past and past participle lushed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To drink (liquor) to excess.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Uhls, Ulsh, shul
Albanian
Etymology
Check lushë.
Noun
lush m
- male dog
- hooligan
Related terms
- lushë
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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)
- 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.
- Superabundant; excessive
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2
- Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2
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)
- (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
- (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
Translations
Related terms
- lavisher
- lavishly
- lavishness
Anagrams
- Vishal
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