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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Lavish

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavish

LAV'ISH, adjective [I know not from what source we have received this word. It coincides in elements with Latin liber, free, liberal, and lavo, to wash.]

1. Prodigal; expending or bestowing with profusion; profuse. He was lavish of expense; lavish of praise; lavish of encomiums; lavish of censure; lavish of blood and treasure.

2. Wasteful; expending without necessity; liberal to a fault.

3. Wild; unrestrained.

Curbing his lavish spirit.

LAV'ISH, verb transitive

1. To expend or bestow with profusion; as, to lavish praise or encomiums.

2. To waste; to expend without necessity or use; to squander; as, to lavish money on vices and amusements.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavished

LAV'ISHED, participle passive Expended profusely; wasted.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavisher

LAV'ISHER, noun A prodigal; a profuse person.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavishing

LAV'ISHING, participle present tense Expending or laying out with profusion; wasting.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavishly

LAV'ISHLY, adverb With profuse expense; prodigally; wastefully.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lavishness

LAV'ISHNESS, noun Profusion; prodigality.