"lavish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlævɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-lavish.ogg [US], en-au-lavish.ogg [Australia] Forms: lavisher [comparative], more lavish [comparative], lavishest [superlative], most lavish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ævɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|laves}} Middle English laves, {{m|enm|lavas}} lavas, {{m|enm|lavage|t=extravagant, wasteful, prodigal}} lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), {{m|enm|lavas|t=excessive abundance}} lavas (“excessive abundance”), {{der|en|fro|lavasse}} Old French lavasse, {{m|fro|lavache|t=torrent of rain}} lavache (“torrent of rain”), {{der|en|enm|laven|t=to pour out}} Middle English laven (“to pour out”), {{af|en|lave|-ish}} lave + -ish, {{cog|sco|lawage}} Scots lawage, {{m|sco|lavisch}} lavisch, {{m|sco|lavish|t=unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant}} lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”), {{cog|en|lavy|t=lavish, liberal}} English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), {{cog|nl|lafenis|t=lavishness}} Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)
  1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. Synonyms (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, opulent Translations (profuse): շռայլ (šṙayl) (Armenian), обилен (obilen) (Bulgarian), tuhlaavainen (Finnish), avokätinen (Finnish), somptueux (French), prodigue (French), abondant (French), xeneroso [masculine] (Galician), freigiebig (German), verschwenderisch (German), άφθονος (áfthonos) [masculine] (Greek), αφειδής (afeidís) [masculine] (Greek), pazar (Hungarian), pazarló (Hungarian), bőséges (Hungarian), dús (Hungarian), buja (note: of vegetation) (Hungarian), scaoilteach (Irish), flaithiúil (Irish), flaithiúlach (Irish), prodigo (Italian), profuso (Italian), generoso (Italian), береген (beregen) (Kazakh), prōfusus (Latin), изо́билен (izóbilen) (Macedonian), о́билен (óbilen) (Macedonian), да́режлив (dárežliv) (Macedonian), tōtōā (Maori), whiuwhiu (Maori), hojny [masculine] (Polish), pródigo [masculine] (Portuguese), perdulário [masculine] (Portuguese), profuso [masculine] (Portuguese), esbanjador [masculine] (Portuguese), dissipador [masculine] (Portuguese), generos (Romanian), abundent (Romanian), opulent (Romanian), exuberant (Romanian), extravagant (Romanian), ще́дрый (ščédryj) [masculine] (Russian), generoso (Spanish), pródigo (Spanish), dadivoso (Spanish), derrochador (Spanish), exuberante (Spanish), påkostad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-adj-IBBSqnwH Disambiguation of 'expending profusely': 67 14 6 13 Disambiguation of 'profuse': 81 11 6 2
  2. Superabundant; excessive. Translations (excessive): разточителен (raztočitelen) (Bulgarian), ylenpalttinen (Finnish), excesivo [masculine] (Galician), überreich (German), üppig (German), πληθωρικός (plithorikós) [masculine] (Greek), υπεράφθονος (yperáfthonos) [masculine] (Greek), túlzott (Hungarian), túláradó (Hungarian), túltengő (Hungarian), eccessivo (Italian), smodato (Italian), sovrabbondante (Italian), profūsus (Latin), неу́мерен (neúmeren) (Macedonian), tuhene (Maori), nadmierny [masculine] (Polish), obfity [masculine] (Polish), чрезмерный (črezmernyj) [masculine] (Russian), неумеренный (neumerennyj) [masculine] (Russian), excesivo (Spanish), incontrolado (Spanish), superabundante (Spanish), sobrado (Spanish), riklig (Swedish), flådig [colloquial] (Swedish), abartılı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-adj-LPoBkn8v Disambiguation of 'excessive': 5 90 1 4
  3. (obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-adj-vqVRUFNV
  4. (chiefly dialectal) Rank or lush with vegetation. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-adj-zLlGKqCB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lavis, laves, lavas [obsolete] Related terms: lavy

Noun

IPA: /ˈlævɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-lavish.ogg [US], en-au-lavish.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ævɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|laves}} Middle English laves, {{m|enm|lavas}} lavas, {{m|enm|lavage|t=extravagant, wasteful, prodigal}} lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), {{m|enm|lavas|t=excessive abundance}} lavas (“excessive abundance”), {{der|en|fro|lavasse}} Old French lavasse, {{m|fro|lavache|t=torrent of rain}} lavache (“torrent of rain”), {{der|en|enm|laven|t=to pour out}} Middle English laven (“to pour out”), {{af|en|lave|-ish}} lave + -ish, {{cog|sco|lawage}} Scots lawage, {{m|sco|lavisch}} lavisch, {{m|sco|lavish|t=unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant}} lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”), {{cog|en|lavy|t=lavish, liberal}} English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), {{cog|nl|lafenis|t=lavishness}} Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lavish (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-noun-fOq7RL3z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lavis, laves, lavas [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈlævɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-lavish.ogg [US], en-au-lavish.ogg [Australia] Forms: lavishes [present, singular, third-person], lavishing [participle, present], lavished [participle, past], lavished [past]
Rhymes: -ævɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|laves}} Middle English laves, {{m|enm|lavas}} lavas, {{m|enm|lavage|t=extravagant, wasteful, prodigal}} lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), {{m|enm|lavas|t=excessive abundance}} lavas (“excessive abundance”), {{der|en|fro|lavasse}} Old French lavasse, {{m|fro|lavache|t=torrent of rain}} lavache (“torrent of rain”), {{der|en|enm|laven|t=to pour out}} Middle English laven (“to pour out”), {{af|en|lave|-ish}} lave + -ish, {{cog|sco|lawage}} Scots lawage, {{m|sco|lavisch}} lavisch, {{m|sco|lavish|t=unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant}} lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”), {{cog|en|lavy|t=lavish, liberal}} English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), {{cog|nl|lafenis|t=lavishness}} Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)
  1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander. Tags: transitive Translations (to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander): прахосвам (prahosvam) (Bulgarian), разхищавам (razhištavam) (Bulgarian), tuhlata (Finnish), (rahaa) syytää (Finnish), verschleudern (German), verprassen (German), επιδαψιλεύω (epidapsilévo) (Greek), pazarol (Hungarian), tékozol (Hungarian), szór (Hungarian), prodigare (Italian), profondere (Italian), spendere profusamente (Italian), dīlargior (Latin), се ра́сфрли (se rásfrli) (Macedonian), ра́сфрли (rásfrli) (Macedonian), tōtōa (Maori), nihowera (english: Referes specifically to food) (Maori), بریز و بپاش کردن (beriz-o-bepâš kardan) (Persian), obdarowywać (Polish), esbanjar (Portuguese), расточать (rastočatʹ) (Russian), транжирить (tranžiritʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), derrochar (Spanish), despilfarrar (Spanish), prodigar (Spanish), slösa (Swedish), överösa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-verb-jQbHR0OB Disambiguation of 'to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander': 86 14
  2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. Tags: transitive Translations (to give out to (somebody) extremely generously): раздавам щедро (razdavam štedro) (Bulgarian), overladen (english: met) (Dutch), überhäufen (German), überschütten (German), elhalmoz (Hungarian), ohaoha (Maori), marere (Maori), पृणक्ति (pṛṇakti) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-lavish-en-verb-I8Hj8zNT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 2 12 12 15 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 14 9 5 8 11 21 32 Disambiguation of 'to give out to (somebody) extremely generously': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lavis, laves, lavas [obsolete] Derived forms: lavisher, lavishly, lavishment, lavishness

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "scaoilteach"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "flaithiúil"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "flaithiúlach"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "word": "изо́билен"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dárežliv",
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          "word": "да́режлив"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "tōtōā"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "whiuwhiu"
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          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hojny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pródigo"
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          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "perdulário"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "profuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "esbanjador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dissipador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "generos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "abundent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "opulent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "exuberant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "extravagant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ščédryj",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ще́дрый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "generoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "pródigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "dadivoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "derrochador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "exuberante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 11 6 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "profuse",
          "word": "påkostad"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "lavish spirits",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "lavish meal",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Superabundant; excessive."
      ],
      "id": "en-lavish-en-adj-LPoBkn8v",
      "links": [
        [
          "Superabundant",
          "superabundant"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "raztočitelen",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "разточителен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "ylenpalttinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "excesivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "überreich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "üppig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "plithorikós",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πληθωρικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yperáfthonos",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υπεράφθονος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "túlzott"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "túláradó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "túltengő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "eccessivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "smodato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "sovrabbondante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "profūsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neúmeren",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "неу́мерен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "tuhene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nadmierny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obfity"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "črezmernyj",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "чрезмерный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neumerennyj",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "неумеренный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "excesivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "incontrolado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "superabundante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "sobrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "riklig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "flådig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 1 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excessive",
          "word": "abartılı"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Unrestrained, impetuous."
      ],
      "id": "en-lavish-en-adj-vqVRUFNV",
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          "Unrestrained",
          "unrestrained"
        ],
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          "impetuous",
          "impetuous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Rank or lush with vegetation."
      ],
      "id": "en-lavish-en-adj-zLlGKqCB",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "lush",
          "lush"
        ],
        [
          "vegetation",
          "vegetation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly dialectal) Rank or lush with vegetation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈlævɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ævɪʃ"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-lavish.ogg/En-us-lavish.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg/En-au-lavish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laves"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lavas"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lavisher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lavishly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "laves"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lavas"
      },
      "expansion": "lavas",
      "name": "m"
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        "2": "lavage",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lavas",
        "t": "excessive abundance"
      },
      "expansion": "lavas (“excessive abundance”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "lavasse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French lavasse",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "lavache",
        "t": "torrent of rain"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "laven",
        "t": "to pour out"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English laven (“to pour out”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lave",
        "3": "-ish"
      },
      "expansion": "lave + -ish",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lawage"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots lawage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lavisch"
      },
      "expansion": "lavisch",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lavish",
        "t": "unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant"
      },
      "expansion": "lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lavy",
        "t": "lavish, liberal"
      },
      "expansion": "English lavy (“lavish, liberal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lafenis",
        "t": "lavishness"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lavishes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavishing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavished",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They lavished money on the dinner.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give out extremely generously; to squander."
      ],
      "id": "en-lavish-en-verb-jQbHR0OB",
      "links": [
        [
          "give out",
          "give out"
        ],
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prahosvam",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "прахосвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razhištavam",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "разхищавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "tuhlata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "(rahaa) syytää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "verschleudern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "verprassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epidapsilévo",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "επιδαψιλεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "pazarol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "tékozol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "szór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "prodigare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "profondere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "spendere profusamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "dīlargior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se rásfrli",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "се ра́сфрли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rásfrli",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "ра́сфрли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "tōtōa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "Referes specifically to food",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "nihowera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "beriz-o-bepâš kardan",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "بریز و بپاش کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "obdarowywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "esbanjar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastočatʹ",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "расточать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tranžiritʹ",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "транжирить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "derrochar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "despilfarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "prodigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "slösa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
          "word": "överösa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 17 2 12 12 15 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 9 5 8 11 21 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They lavished him with praise.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give out to (somebody) extremely generously."
      ],
      "id": "en-lavish-en-verb-I8Hj8zNT",
      "links": [
        [
          "give out",
          "give out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "33 67",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razdavam štedro",
          "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
          "word": "раздавам щедро"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 67",
          "code": "nl",
          "english": "met",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
          "word": "overladen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 67",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
          "word": "überhäufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 67",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
          "word": "überschütten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 67",
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      "word": "շռայլ"
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      "word": "flaithiúlach"
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      "word": "profuso"
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      "word": "generoso"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tōtōā"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "extravagant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščédryj",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́дрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "generoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "pródigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "dadivoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "derrochador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "exuberante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profuse",
      "word": "påkostad"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "raztočitelen",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "разточителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "ylenpalttinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "excesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "überreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "üppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plithorikós",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πληθωρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperáfthonos",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υπεράφθονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "túlzott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "túláradó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "túltengő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "eccessivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "smodato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "sovrabbondante"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "profūsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neúmeren",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "неу́мерен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "tuhene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadmierny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obfity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "črezmernyj",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чрезмерный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neumerennyj",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неумеренный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "excesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "incontrolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "superabundante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "sobrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "riklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "flådig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excessive",
      "word": "abartılı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lavish"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ævɪʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ævɪʃ/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "lavisher"
    },
    {
      "word": "lavishly"
    },
    {
      "word": "lavishment"
    },
    {
      "word": "lavishness"
    }
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    },
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        "3": "laves"
      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "lavasse"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "lavache",
        "t": "torrent of rain"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "laven",
        "t": "to pour out"
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      "expansion": "Middle English laven (“to pour out”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lave",
        "3": "-ish"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lawage"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots lawage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lavisch"
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      "expansion": "lavisch",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "lavish",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "lavy",
        "t": "lavish, liberal"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lafenis",
        "t": "lavishness"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "lavishes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavishing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lavished",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lavished",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They lavished money on the dinner.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give out extremely generously; to squander."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give out",
          "give out"
        ],
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They lavished him with praise.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give out to (somebody) extremely generously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give out",
          "give out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlævɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ævɪʃ"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-lavish.ogg/En-us-lavish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-lavish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-lavish.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg/En-au-lavish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lavis"
    },
    {
      "word": "laves"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lavas"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prahosvam",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "прахосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razhištavam",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "разхищавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "tuhlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "(rahaa) syytää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "verschleudern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "verprassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epidapsilévo",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "επιδαψιλεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "pazarol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "tékozol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "szór"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "prodigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "profondere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "spendere profusamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "dīlargior"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se rásfrli",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "се ра́сфрли"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rásfrli",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "ра́сфрли"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "tōtōa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "Referes specifically to food",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "nihowera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "beriz-o-bepâš kardan",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "بریز و بپاش کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "obdarowywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "esbanjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastočatʹ",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "расточать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tranžiritʹ",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "транжирить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "derrochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "despilfarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "prodigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "slösa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander",
      "word": "överösa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdavam štedro",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "раздавам щедро"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "met",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "overladen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "überhäufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "überschütten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "elhalmoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "ohaoha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "marere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pṛṇakti",
      "sense": "to give out to (somebody) extremely generously",
      "word": "पृणक्ति"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lavish"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-ish"
      },
      "expansion": "lave + -ish",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lawage"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots lawage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lavisch"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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        "2": "lafenis",
        "t": "lavishness"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lavish (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "abundance",
          "abundance"
        ],
        [
          "expenditure",
          "expenditure"
        ],
        [
          "profusion",
          "profusion"
        ],
        [
          "prodigality",
          "prodigality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlævɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ævɪʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lavish.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-lavish.ogg/En-us-lavish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-lavish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-lavish.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg/En-au-lavish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-au-lavish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lavis"
    },
    {
      "word": "laves"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lavas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lavish"
}

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