Lavish vs Luscious - What's the difference?
lavish | luscious |
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
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, passage=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:
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Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), (Measure for Measure) Act 2 Scene 2
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
sweet and pleasant; delicious
* 1863 , H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
sexually appealing; seductive
* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
obscene
* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
As adjectives the difference between lavish and luscious
is that lavish is expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal while luscious is sweet and pleasant; delicious.As a verb lavish
is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.lavish
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* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
- Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes
Synonyms
* (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate * See alsoVerb
(es)Anagrams
*luscious
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
- With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature
- Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected