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lavishness|ˈlævɪʃnɪs|
[f. lavish a. + -ness.]
†1. Absence of restraint, recklessness. Obs.
c1477Caxton Jason 141 And [Eson] shewde how he wolde punisshe his sone Iason for the lauesshenes of his body. 1553Brende tr. Q. Curtius iv. 45 b, Ponishing with losse of lief, the lavesnes of the tounge. 1555Eden Decades 72 marg., Hurt of lauyshenes of the tonge. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. Ad Sec. xii. 57 Lest as it happens in sudden joyes, the lavishnesse of his spirit should transport him to intemperance.
2. Unlimited bounty; extravagance, prodigality.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 12 Riches..First got with guile,..And after spent with pride and lavishness. 1623Bingham Xenoph., Comp. Rom. & Mod. Wars X 3, Lest it might be consumed by their Cabin-mates in lauishnesse and idle expences. 1663Blair Autobiog. vii. (1848) 95 My foolish lavishness gaue to his servant two Jacobuses. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 53 ⁋13 They..scatter with a kind of wild desperation and affected lavishness. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art 12 The lavishness of pride. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 213 The wondrous lavishness of Nature. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §5. 389 The lavishness of a new wealth united with a lavishness of life, a love of beauty, of colour, of display, to revolutionize English dress. |