lavishest
lavishest is the superlative form of lavish.
lavishest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of lavish.
Meaning of lavish
Adjective
lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)
- Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
- lavish of money; lavish of praise
- Synonyms:
- profuse, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, opulent, expansive, improvident, imprudent, loose-handed
- Superabundant; excessive.
- lavish spirits
- Synonyms:
- immoderate, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, intemperate, nimious
- Unrestrained, impetuous.
- Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thinec. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- hasty, impulsive, rash, spontaneous
- Rank or lush with vegetation.
- […] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb;
But all the lavish hills would hum
The murmur of a happy Pan: […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 39
- […] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb;
Origin of lavishest
lavish + -est
Questions about lavishest
- What is lavishest the superlative form of?
- Lavishest is the superlative form of lavish.
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