Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lavish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
lavish of money; lavish of praise.
2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.
Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
immoderate. See {Profuse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lavished} (-[i^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Lavishing}.]
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lavish
adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the
critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his
mother a quarter and he thought them munificent";
"prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his
unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to
Britain" [syn: {munificent}, {overgenerous}, {prodigal},
{too-generous}, {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]
2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: {lucullan}, {lush}, {plush},
{plushy}]
v : expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns: "He was
showered with praise" [syn: {shower}]
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