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lavishment

lavishment noun: the act of lavishing; generous handout.

Noun

lavishment (countable and uncountable, plural lavishments)

  1. The act of lavishing; generous handout
    • At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

Forms of lavishment

plurallavishments

Origin of lavishment

From lavish + -ment.

Questions about lavishment

What does lavishment mean?
Lavishment means the act of lavishing; generous handout.
What part of speech is lavishment?
Lavishment is a noun.
What is the plural of lavishment?
The plural of lavishment is lavishments.

Words near lavishment in the dictionary

  1. lavishes
  2. lavishest
  3. lavishing
  4. lavishings
  5. lavishly
  6. lavishment
  7. lavishments
  8. lavishness
  9. lavishnesses
  10. lavisht
  11. Lavistown

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