a royal palace on a lavish scalelavishlav‧ish1 /ˈlævɪʃ/ ●○○ adjective 
a royal palace on a lavish scale a lavish lifestyle The food was lavish.2very generouslavish with/in We were always lavish with financial aid in times of crisis. He was always lavish in his praise of my efforts.—lavishly adverb: their lavishly illustrated catalogue—lavishness noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINlavish1
Origin:
1400-1500 lavish ‘too great quantity’ (15-16 centuries), from Old French lavasse ‘heavy rain’, from laver ‘to wash’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a lavish apartment
- The restaurant has a lavish dessert menu.
- A lavish fete rings in the historic day.
- Besides his lavish entertaining, he wore expensive gabardine suits and handmade shoes.
- For much of his Mastership the stipend paid by the Company actually fell below the far from lavish £10 to only £9.
- If Huffington is any model, Forbes's lavish spending itself may enhance his stature.
- If you have to buy a customer with lavish entertainment, you might as well buy your way out of every problem.
- Nevertheless, the stringent regimen that was normality for many - even in a lavish burg - was staggering back towards normal.
- The path wound off into soiled twilight purples, lavish and darkly tangled, vanishing altogether after a few yards.
- You can dish up lavish meals without doing anything more than popping a ready meal in the microwave.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a royal palace on a lavish scale a lavish lifestyleCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1large, impressive, or expensive: a royal palace on a lavish scale a lavish lifestyle (=a large, impressive, or expensive gift)· She received lavish gifts of jewellery and clothes.
(=in which you buy or do expensive things)· How can he afford such a lavish lifestyle?
(=one where a lot of money has been spent)· He threw lavish parties for his celebrity friends.
(=praise them a lot)· Ireland's manager has heaped praise on his team.
(=very high praise)· United’s captain received lavish praise from his manager.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Emmett said in court that his lavish lifestyle came from businesses he ran selling second-hand cars and double-glazing.
· The lavish party is still talked about today.· Held in a sprawling Phoenix convention center, the lavish party is big enough to accommodate four or five bands simultaneously.· Industry heavyweights routinely spend millions of dollars on extravagant booths and lavish parties.
· The instrument more than justifies your lavish praise and I am delighted with it in every respect.· Uncle Shim laid lavish praise on my parents for the quality of the food, the effort in preparation.
· At Kaiserslauten he built a royal palace of red stone on a lavish scale.· He had held his Christmas court at Talmont, north of La Rochelle, and distributed gifts on a lavish scale.· But the improver is into intellectual nourishment on a lavish scale.· King Edward visited several times when shooting parties and other entertaining took place on a lavish scale.· Several pounds of flesh Never before in history have the poor financed the rich on such a lavish scale.
a royal palace on a lavish scale a lavish lifestyle The food was lavish.2very generouslavish with/in We were always lavish with financial aid in times of crisis. He was always lavish in his praise of my efforts.—lavishly adverb: their lavishly illustrated catalogue—lavishness noun [uncountable]- threading
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