lavishnessn.
/ˈlavᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlævɪʃnᵻs/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness
recklessnessOE
resec1275
outragea1387
rechelesshipc1390
wantonnessc1390
hastivessa1393
recklesslaika1400
racklenessc1405
recklessheadc1410
headiness1447
temerity?a1475
lavishness1477
hastivitya1500
rashnessa1500
Ate1587
temerousness1598
temeritude1623
wretchlessness1625
hare-brainedness1656
rantum-scantum1695
temerariousness1711
blindness1796
devil-may-carishness1829
devil-may-careness1834
devil-may-care1836
rattle-brain1838
devil-may-careism1841
bullheadedness1858
harum-scarumness1863
madcappery1905
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 189 And [Eson] shewde how he wold punisshe his sone Iason for the lauesshenes of his body.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 45v Ponishing with losse of lief, the lavesnes of the tounge.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vi. f. 72v Hurt of lauyshenes of the tonge.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xii. 57 Lest as it happens in sudden joyes, the lavishnesse of his spirit should transport him to intemperance.
2. Unlimited bounty; extravagance, prodigality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality
freedomOE
custinessOE
largesse?c1225
freeshipa1250
franchisec1325
largitya1382
largenessa1387
liberalityc1390
bountya1400
honestya1400
freenessc1400
largec1400
liberalnessc1410
munificencec1425
plentyc1425
bounteousnessc1440
magnificencec1450
bountifulness1489
bountines1512
royalty1548
magnificency?c1550
munificency?c1550
free-heartedness1583
profuseness1584
bountihead1590
lavishness1590
frankness1591
ingenuousness1611
fruitfulnessa1616
generosity1634
open-handednessa1640
large-heartedness1640
communicativeness1653
unsparingness1818
free-handedness1860
big-heartedness1872
ungrudgingness1885
two-handedness1891
outgivingness1968
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness
richness1564
profuseness1584
prodigality1597
luxury?1611
luxuritya1636
luxuriancy1648
voluptuousness1652
luxuriance1728
luxuriation1839
lavishness1859
luxuriousness1872
overflowingness1883
lushness1900
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S2v Riches..First got with guile,..And after spent with pride and lauishnesse.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Lipsius Compar. Rom. Manner Warre in tr. Xenophon Hist. X 3 Lest it might be consumed by their Cabin-mates in lauishnesse and idle expences.
a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) vii. 95 My foolish lavishness gaue to his servant two Jacobuses.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 53. ⁋13 They..scatter with a kind of wild desperation and affected lavishness.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 12 The lavishness of pride.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 213 The wondrous lavishness of Nature.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 389 The lavishness of a new wealth united with a lavishness of life, a love of beauty, of colour, of display, to revolutionize English dress.
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