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Lavishness

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lav·ish  (lvsh)
adj.
1. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion: a lavish buffet. See Synonyms at profuse.
2. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting: The critics were lavish with their praise.
tr.v. lav·ished, lav·ish·ing, lav·ish·es
To give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished attention on his customers.
[Middle English laves, probably from Old French lavasse, downpour, from laver, to wash, from Latin lavre; see lave.]
lavish·er n.
lavish·ly adv.
lavish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lavishness - the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
sumptuosity, sumptuousness, luxury
expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced
2.lavishness - excessive spending
high life, highlife, prodigality, extravagance
waste, wastefulness, dissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"


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Now and then she invited members of it to her house if they showed an appreciation of her talent and entertained with proper lavishness.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow's furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person "in a small way of life" would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than "charity," which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Finding, then, that he was unable to resist his propensity, he resolved to divest himself of the instrument and cause of his prodigality and lavishness, to divest himself of wealth, without which Alexander himself would have seemed parsimonious; and so calling us all three aside one day into a room, he addressed us in words somewhat to the following effect:
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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