adj.
- sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
- giving or given in profusion.
v.
(
lavish something on)
bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.
Derivative
- lavishly adv.
- lavishness n.
Etymology
ME (as n. denoting profusion): from OFr. lavasse ‘deluge of rain’, from laver ‘to wash’, from L. lavare.
