Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lush"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lush \Lush\, a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.]
Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson.
How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington,
name of a London brewer.]
Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lush
adj 1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
blooming" [syn: {exuberant}, {luxuriant}, {profuse}, {riotous}]
2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: {lavish}, {lucullan}, {plush},
{plushy}]
3: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef";
"succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: {succulent}]
n : a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: {alcoholic},
{dipsomaniac}, {boozer}, {soaker}, {souse}]
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