lavish
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Is lavish a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of lavish?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.Examples: "Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thine"Synonyms: hasty, impulsive, rash, spontaneousobsolete
2. (chiefly dialectal) Rank or lush with vegetation.Examples: "[…] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]"Synonyms: bosky, verdant, bosky, greenly, lavish, lush, verdant, verdureddialectal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.Examples: "They lavished money on the dinner."transitive
2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.Examples: "They lavished him with praise."transitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.obsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary