"overlavish" meaning in English

See overlavish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more overlavish [comparative], most overlavish [superlative]
Etymology: From over- + lavish. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|lavish}} over- + lavish Head templates: {{en-adj}} overlavish (comparative more overlavish, superlative most overlavish)
  1. Excessively lavish; decadent. Derived forms: overlavishly, overlavishness
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