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lavishments

lavishments is the plural of lavishment.

Meaning of lavishment

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

Questions about lavishments

What is lavishments the plural of?
Lavishments is the plural of lavishment.

Words near lavishments in the dictionary

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

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