† costlewadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Costly, expensive; sumptuous; (also) lavish in expenditure, extravagant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]
largea1225
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
outragea1400
riotousc1405
sumptuousa1425
superfluea1425
prodigatec1429
profuse?a1475
lavishc1475
prodigalc1485
prodiga1492
prodigaleousa1500
superfluous1531
wasteful1538
costly?1555
prodigal1570
overlavish1573
squandering1589
lavishing1598
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
expensive1628
unthriftya1631
spendthrifty1642
flush1703
extravagant1711
profligate1718
dispendious1727
wastry1791
wasterful1821
wastrife1822
prodigalish1857
high-rolling1890
wastrel1896
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous
richc1275
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
sumptuous1458
opimec1540
dapatical1623
pollucible1623
opiparous1628
lautitious1648
opimous1656
superb1669
plushy1884
plush1890
Ritzian1908
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure
dear1044
chargeous138.
wastyc1380
dear-boughtc1384
costlewa1387
costlya1425
costy?c1430
costfulc1450
costablea1475
chargeable1480
sumptuous1485
chargeful1529
deep1608
tributary1632
burdenablec1650
expensivea1661
consumptive1753
capital-intensive1907
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive
dear1044
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
prized1500
high1542
high-priced1591
expenseful1605
chary1610
expensivea1661
salt1710
dearthful1786
big ticket1906
pricey1932
exclusive1942
up-market1972
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons)
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
costly?1555
improvident1589
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
spendthrifty1642
expensive1650
extravagant1711
hand-to-mouth1748
spendy1911
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 213 (MED) He made his knyȝtes have costelewe armure [?a1475 anon. tr. of grete coste; L. sumptuosa].
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xiii. 309 An yuel wif,..chidinge and skoldinge, drunkelew [1535 dronken] and vnstedefast..costlew [1535 costly], stoute and gay.
?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 309 He held a wonder rial and costlow feest of sent Gorge.
1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §21. m. 10 Which sute ys long and costlowe [Fr. costeouz].
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. sig. Aviij At the west dore of powles was made a costlew pagent.
B. adv.
In a costly manner, expensively; sumptuously, lavishly.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense
costly1395
preciouslyc1395
costiouslyc1425
costfullya1464
costlew1480
sumptuouslyc1487
costlilya1500
preciousc1500
expensively?1607
deeply1631
1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) cclii. sig. x3v Diuerse pagentis..shewde in diuerse places of the Cite Ryally and costlew.
1482 W. Caxton in tr. Higden's Prolicionycion viii. xiii. f. ccccviii The Frensshmen were Richely and costlew arrayed, wherof oure peuple had good pyllage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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