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单词 overlavish
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overlavishadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈlavɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlævɪʃ/
Forms: see over- prefix and lavish adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lavish adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + lavish adj.
Too lavish; excessively profuse or extravagant.
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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.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lavish v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + lavish v. Compare earlier overlavishing adj., overlavish adj.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To be excessively lavish; to exaggerate.
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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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