lavishとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• lavis, laves, lavas (廃れた用法)

語源

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.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlævɪʃ/
• 韻: -ævɪʃ

形容詞

lavish (comparative lavisher または more lavish, superlative lavishest または most lavish)

1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

   lavish of money;   lavish of praise

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

2. Superabundant; excessive

   lavish spirits

   lavish meal

   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2

     Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes

同意語

• (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, opulent
• See also Thesaurus:prodigal

関連する語

• lavy

動詞

lavish (三人称単数 現在形 lavishes, 現在分詞 lavishing, 過去形および過去分詞形 lavished)

1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

   They lavished money on the dinner.

2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

   They lavished him with praise.