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lushy

/ˈlʌ.ʃi/

lushy adjective: given to drinking alcohol.

Adjective

lushy (comparative lushier, superlative lushiest)

  1. Given to drinking alcohol.
    • Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book
  2. Drunk; tipsy.
    Synonyms:
    drunk
  3. Lush; growing abundantly.
    • A foreground of lushy meadow-grass, intersected by a streamlet, the light of an afternoon-sun glistening amid the foliage, which occupies two-thirds of the background; […]1866, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review

Synonyms of lushy

Forms of lushy

comparativelushier
superlativelushiest

Origin of lushy

From lush + -y.

Words that rhyme with lushy

Questions about lushy

What does lushy mean?
Lushy means given to drinking alcohol.
What part of speech is lushy?
Lushy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lushy?
Lushy is pronounced /ˈlʌ.ʃi/.

Words near lushy in the dictionary

  1. lushness
  2. lushnesses
  3. Lushootseed
  4. Lushun
  5. Lushunkou
  6. lushy
  7. Lusi
  8. lusiferase
  9. Lusignan
  10. Lusignans
  11. lusinotropic

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