单词 | overlavish |
释义 | overlavishadj. Too lavish; excessively profuse or extravagant. 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 > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessively profuse overlavish1573 overbarish1579 superfluous1667 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 248 Although I haue not ben ouer lauishe of my comming hitherto. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers Ep. Ded. Those who are like by overlavish profusenesse to become meate for their mouths. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. iii. 393/2 The ouer-lauish report thereof. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 155 He loos'd his Helmet, with intent, To make his ouerlauish tongue repent Of those base words, he had so basely said. 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 142 She..put up all her Jewels, of which she had the richest of any Lady in all those Parts, for in that the old Count was over lavish. 1837 T. Francklin Mary Queen of Sc. I. i. 3 Yet I have heard, you'll pardon me, my lord, She is not over lavish of her bounties, but Deals her favours with a scanty hand. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xiii. 491 Ethel..ended by stumbling into allowing that prosperity was apt to make people over lavish of offers of kindness. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 8/1 The company did not enjoy an over-lavish appreciation by the investing public. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley vi. 67 There is nothing more ill-bred than the overlavish spending of money. 1990 S. Reynolds Blissed Out (BNC) 52 The aristocrat was close to bankruptcy, the Purple Rain fortune dissipated in over-lavish stageshows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overlavishv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To be excessively lavish; to exaggerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (intransitive)] overreacha1568 outlash1611 overlavish1625 exasperate1632 out-throwa1680 exceed1717 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem ii. iii. 128 To overlavish transcendently in their commendation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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