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单词 expensive
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expensiveadj.

Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
Etymology: < Latin type *expensīvus < expendĕre (see expend v. and -ive suffix); but early associated with expense v.
1.
a. Of a person: Given to profuse expenditure (of money, time, health, etc.); lavish. Of an employment: Tending to consume (time, health, etc.). Const. of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]
largea1225
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
outragea1400
riotousc1405
sumptuousa1425
superfluea1425
prodigatec1429
profuse?a1475
lavishc1475
prodigalc1485
prodiga1492
prodigaleousa1500
superfluous1531
wasteful1538
costly?1555
prodigal1570
overlavish1573
squandering1589
lavishing1598
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
expensive1628
unthriftya1631
spendthrifty1642
flush1703
extravagant1711
profligate1718
dispendious1727
wastry1791
wasterful1821
wastrife1822
prodigalish1857
high-rolling1890
wastrel1896
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious
overlonga1400
prolixc1425
prolixious1599
tediousa1616
expensive1628
lifelong1746
overlength1941
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > expended > given to expenditure of anything
expensive1628
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. liv. sig. K1v Hee is now very expensiue of his time.
1655 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove (1659) 55 Use what innocent refreshment you please..[but] let it not be too expensive of time.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 421 See whether any have been more expensive either of their ink, or their blood.
1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 24 Young Men of this Age are..so expensive both of their Health, and Fortune.
1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 112 A regular arrangement of extracts..is..more expensive of time.
b. Fond of expense; extravagant. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons)
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
costly?1555
improvident1589
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
spendthrifty1642
expensive1650
extravagant1711
hand-to-mouth1748
spendy1911
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 99 What is it to me..whether his wife be expensive.
a1698 W. Temple in Wks. (1814) III. 45 Frugal and industrious men are friendly to the established government, as the idle and expensive are dangerous.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. viii. 164 She was far other than expensive.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 33 Sir Oliver, likewise an expensive man.
c. ‘Liberal, generous, distributive’ (Johnson). rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
custyeOE
room-handeda1200
largea1225
free?c1225
plenteousc1350
bounteousc1374
liberalc1384
free-hearteda1398
ungnedea1400
royalc1405
opena1425
plentifula1475
profuse?a1475
ungrighta1475
lavishc1475
almifluent1477
prodigous1477
frank1484
bountiful1508
largifluent?a1525
munificent1565
magnificent1577
largeous1583
munifical1583
magnifical1586
free-handed1592
frolic1593
open-handed1593
magnific?1594
prodigal1595
goodwillya1598
communicativea1602
real1602
prodig1605
unniggard1605
generous1615
open-hearteda1617
large-handeda1628
unniggardly1628
fluent1633
profusive1638
numerous1655
largifical1656
insordid1660
unsparing1667
dispensive1677
expensive1678
wasteful1701
flush1703
unboundeda1704
genteel1741
munific1745
magnifique1751
ungrudginga1774
unstinting1845
brickish1860
flaithulach1876
princely1889
outgiving1896
sharing1922
two-handed1929
1678 T. Sprat Serm. (1722) 103 An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness..such as our Apostle calls..a Labour of Love.
2.
a. Of a thing: Attended with expense; costly, dear. to come expensive: see come v. 31b. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure
dear1044
chargeous138.
wastyc1380
dear-boughtc1384
costlewa1387
costlya1425
costy?c1430
costfulc1450
costablea1475
chargeable1480
sumptuous1485
chargeful1529
deep1608
tributary1632
burdenablec1650
expensivea1661
consumptive1753
capital-intensive1907
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive
dear1044
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
prized1500
high1542
high-priced1591
expenseful1605
chary1610
expensivea1661
salt1710
dearthful1786
big ticket1906
pricey1932
exclusive1942
up-market1972
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 70 The two late expensive and chargeable sieges of Buss.
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 119 Till..the remedy [be] impossible or expensive.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 658 The Law of England is..very expensive and dilatory.
1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 109 He..lived at so expensive a rate.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 276 To collect the..produce of..unimproved lands would..be too expensive . View more context for this quotation
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 It's expensive keeping boys at home.
1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. i. 241 God..will bend himself to any most expensive, lowest burden of sympathy.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ii. 16 The father..was unable to give the child as expensive an education as he had desired.
b. transferred. At cricket, of bowling or a bowler.
ΚΠ
1882 Daily Tel. 27 May Barrett's bowling was getting rather expensive.
1891 Daily News 30 June 3/7 Mr. Ferris, the Australian, proving very expensive.
3. quasi-adv.= expensively adv. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively
deara1000
largely?a1425
dearly1490
chargeably1534
sweetly1579
expensively?1607
soundlya1616
expensefully1631
expensive1796
up-market1975
1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning iv. 236 They lived very expensive.

Compounds

expensive-looking adj.
ΚΠ
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. v. 184 Such expensive-looking and apparently smart displays.
1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vi. 147 A fancy and somewhat expensive-looking purse.

Derivatives

exˈpensively adv. in an expensive manner, with (great) expense.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense
costly1395
preciouslyc1395
costiouslyc1425
costfullya1464
costlew1480
sumptuouslyc1487
costlilya1500
preciousc1500
expensively?1607
deeply1631
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively
deara1000
largely?a1425
dearly1490
chargeably1534
sweetly1579
expensively?1607
soundlya1616
expensefully1631
expensive1796
up-market1975
?1607 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 359 Our court tooke the resolution..to receive him [sc. the French Prince] solemnely, ceremoniously; and expensively.
1728 J. Swift Let. 16 July in Lett. (1741) 113 I never knew him live so great and expensively.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 146 Our immense military force is better and more expensively clothed.
1886 Law Times Rep. 53 611/1 The liquidators could collect the outstanding calls..less expensively than the plaintiffs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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