LAVISH, LAVISHLY, LAVISHNESS
ADJECTIVES
► COSTLEW costly, expensive; sumptuous; lavish in expenditure, extravagant → a1387 obs.
► DISPENDIOUS lavish, extravagant, sumptuous; costly, expensive → 1727
► FALLAUGE lavish, profuse → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAGLESS lavish, wasteful → 1908 Sc.
► IMPENDIOUS lavish, extravagant, over-liberal; spending more than is needed → 1623 obs.
► LAIRDLY lavish, extravagant, lordly, aristocratic → c1850 Sc.
► LARGE lavish, prodigal, liberal in expenditure → c1175 obs.
► LAVY lavish, profuse, liberal → 1913 Sc.
► MAGNIFIC nobly lavish or munificent → 1611 obs.
► POLLUCIBLE sumptuous, lavish → 1623 obs.
► REGIFICAL royal, noble, stately; magnificent, lavish, sumptuous, pompous → 1656 obs.
► RITZY lavish and expensive → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► SPENSEFUL lavish or extravagant in expenditure → 1600 obs.
► VALAWISH lavish, profuse → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► VOLAGE lavish, profuse, prodigal with money → 1825 Sc.
ADVERBS
► COSTLEW in a costly manner, expensively; lavishly, sumptuously → 1480 obs.
► ON THE BIG FIGURE lavishly, or on a large scale → 1848 Amer. sl.
NOUNS
► OUTLASHING extravagance, excess → 1611 obs.
VERBS
► GO IT ON THE BIG FIGURE ► GO THE BIG FIGURE to do things in a lavish way → 1831 Amer. sl.
► LAVE to lavish → 1882 Sc.
► LIVE AT RANDOM to live lavishly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SCALE ► SKAIL ► SKALE to lavish, to waste; to scatter, to spread about → 1776 Sc.
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