Lavish
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- expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
- superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
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Etymology
From Middle English *lavish, laves, *lavaus, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lavasse (“torrent of rain”), or derived from Middle English laven (“to pour out”). See lave.
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