expensiveadj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspɛnsɪv/,

/ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/,

/ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/

Etymology: < Latin type *expensīvus < expendĕre (see expend v. and -ive suffix); but early associated with expense v.

†1.

a. Of a person: Given to profuse expenditure (of money, time, health, etc.); lavish. Of an employment: Tending to consume (time, health, etc.). Const. of. Obsolete.

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 world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious

overlonga1400

prolixc1425

prolixious1599

tediousa1616

expensive1628

lifelong1746

overlength1941

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > expended > given to expenditure of anything

expensive1628

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. liv. sig. K1^v Hee is now very expensiue of his time.

1655 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove (1659) 55 Use what innocent refreshment you please..[but] let it not be too expensive of time.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 421 See whether any have been more expensive either of their ink, or their blood.

1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 24 Young Men of this Age are..so expensive both of their Health, and Fortune.

1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 112 A regular arrangement of extracts..is..more expensive of time.

b. Fond of expense; extravagant. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 99 What is it to me..whether his wife be expensive.

a1698 W. Temple in Wks. (1814) III. 45 Frugal and industrious men are friendly to the established government, as the idle and expensive are dangerous.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. viii. 164 She was far other than expensive.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 33 Sir Oliver, likewise an expensive man.

†c. ‘Liberal, generous, distributive’ (Johnson). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]

custyeOE

room-handeda1200

largea1225

free?c1225

plenteousc1350

bounteousc1374

liberalc1384

free-hearteda1398

ungnedea1400

royalc1405

opena1425

plentifula1475

profuse?a1475

ungrighta1475

lavishc1475

almifluent1477

prodigous1477

frank1484

bountiful1508

largifluent?a1525

munificent1565

magnificent1577

largeous1583

munifical1583

magnifical1586

free-handed1592

frolic1593

open-handed1593

magnific?1594

prodigal1595

goodwillya1598

communicativea1602

real1602

prodig1605

unniggard1605

generous1615

open-hearteda1617

large-handeda1628

unniggardly1628

fluent1633

profusive1638

numerous1655

largifical1656

insordid1660

unsparing1667

dispensive1677

expensive1678

wasteful1701

flush1703

unboundeda1704

genteel1741

munific1745

magnifique1751

ungrudginga1774

unstinting1845

brickish1860

flaithulach1876

princely1889

outgiving1896

sharing1922

two-handed1929

1678 T. Sprat Serm. (1722) 103 An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness..such as our Apostle calls..a Labour of Love.

a. Of a thing: Attended with expense; costly, dear. to come expensive: see come v. 31b. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 70 The two late expensive and chargeable sieges of Buss.

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 119 Till..the remedy [be] impossible or expensive.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 658 The Law of England is..very expensive and dilatory.

1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 109 He..lived at so expensive a rate.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 276 To collect the..produce of..unimproved lands would..be too expensive .

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 It's expensive keeping boys at home.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. i. 241 God..will bend himself to any most expensive, lowest burden of sympathy.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ii. 16 The father..was unable to give the child as expensive an education as he had desired.

b. transferred. At cricket, of bowling or a bowler.

ΚΠ

1882 Daily Tel. 27 May Barrett's bowling was getting rather expensive.

1891 Daily News 30 June 3/7 Mr. Ferris, the Australian, proving very expensive.

†3. quasi-adv.= expensively adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively

deara1000

largely?a1425

dearly1490

chargeably1534

sweetly1579

expensively?1607

soundlya1616

expensefully1631

expensive1796

up-market1975

1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning iv. 236 They lived very expensive.

Compounds

expensive-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. v. 184 Such expensive-looking and apparently smart displays.

1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vi. 147 A fancy and somewhat expensive-looking purse.

Derivatives

exˈpensively adv. in an expensive manner, with (great) expense.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense

costly1395

preciouslyc1395

costiouslyc1425

costfullya1464

costlew1480

sumptuouslyc1487

costlilya1500

preciousc1500

expensively?1607

deeply1631

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively

deara1000

largely?a1425

dearly1490

chargeably1534

sweetly1579

expensively?1607

soundlya1616

expensefully1631

expensive1796

up-market1975

?1607 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 359 Our court tooke the resolution..to receive him [sc. the French Prince] solemnely, ceremoniously; and expensively.

1728 J. Swift Let. 16 July in Lett. (1741) 113 I never knew him live so great and expensively.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 146 Our immense military force is better and more expensively clothed.

1886 Law Times Rep. 53 611/1 The liquidators could collect the outstanding calls..less expensively than the plaintiffs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expensive
释义	expensiveadj. Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/ Etymology: < Latin type expensīvus < expendĕre* (see expend v. and -ive suffix); but early associated with expense v. †1. a. Of a person: Given to profuse expenditure (of money, time, health, etc.); lavish. Of an employment: Tending to consume (time, health, etc.). Const. of. Obsolete. 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 world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious overlonga1400 prolixc1425 prolixious1599 tediousa1616 expensive1628 lifelong1746 overlength1941 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > expended > given to expenditure of anything expensive1628 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. liv. sig. K1^v Hee is now very expensiue of his time. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove (1659) 55 Use what innocent refreshment you please..[but] let it not be too expensive of time. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 421 See whether any have been more expensive either of their ink, or their blood. 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 24 Young Men of this Age are..so expensive both of their Health, and Fortune. 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 112 A regular arrangement of extracts..is..more expensive of time. b. Fond of expense; extravagant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 99 What is it to me..whether his wife be expensive. a1698 W. Temple in Wks. (1814) III. 45 Frugal and industrious men are friendly to the established government, as the idle and expensive are dangerous. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. viii. 164 She was far other than expensive. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 33 Sir Oliver, likewise an expensive man. †c. ‘Liberal, generous, distributive’ (Johnson). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 1678 T. Sprat Serm. (1722) 103 An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness..such as our Apostle calls..a Labour of Love. 2. a. Of a thing: Attended with expense; costly, dear. to come expensive: see come v. 31b. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 70 The two late expensive and chargeable sieges of Buss. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 119 Till..the remedy [be] impossible or expensive. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 658 The Law of England is..very expensive and dilatory. 1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 109 He..lived at so expensive a rate. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 276 To collect the..produce of..unimproved lands would..be too expensive . View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 It's expensive keeping boys at home. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. i. 241 God..will bend himself to any most expensive, lowest burden of sympathy. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ii. 16 The father..was unable to give the child as expensive an education as he had desired. b. transferred. At cricket, of bowling or a bowler. ΚΠ 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May Barrett's bowling was getting rather expensive. 1891 Daily News 30 June 3/7 Mr. Ferris, the Australian, proving very expensive. †3. quasi-adv.= expensively adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively deara1000 largely?a1425 dearly1490 chargeably1534 sweetly1579 expensively?1607 soundlya1616 expensefully1631 expensive1796 up-market1975 1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning iv. 236 They lived very expensive. Compounds expensive-looking adj. ΚΠ 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. v. 184 Such expensive-looking and apparently smart displays. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vi. 147 A fancy and somewhat expensive-looking purse. Derivatives exˈpensively adv. in an expensive manner, with (great) expense. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense costly1395 preciouslyc1395 costiouslyc1425 costfullya1464 costlew1480 sumptuouslyc1487 costlilya1500 preciousc1500 expensively?1607 deeply1631 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively deara1000 largely?a1425 dearly1490 chargeably1534 sweetly1579 expensively?1607 soundlya1616 expensefully1631 expensive1796 up-market1975 ?1607 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 359 Our court tooke the resolution..to receive him [sc. the French Prince] solemnely, ceremoniously; and expensively. 1728 J. Swift Let. 16 July in Lett. (1741) 113 I never knew him live so great and expensively. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 146 Our immense military force is better and more expensively clothed. 1886 Law Times Rep. 53 611/1 The liquidators could collect the outstanding calls..less expensively than the plaintiffs. 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