Lavish vs Rococo - What's the difference?
lavish | rococo | Related terms |
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
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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.
A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
Of, or relating to the rococo style.
Over-elaborate or complicated.
Old-fashioned.
Lavish is a related term of rococo.
As an adjective lavish
is expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.As a verb lavish
is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.As a noun rococo is
rococo or rococo can be rococo.lavish
English
Alternative forms
* (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
