lush
lush (lus̸h)
adjective
- tender and full of juice
- of luxuriant growth lush vegetation
- characterized by a rich growth of vegetation lush fields
- characterized by richness, abundance, or extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess lush writing
Etymology: ME lusch, ? echoic var. of lassch, soft, flaccid < OFr lasche, lax, loose < laschier, to loosen < LL *lascare < *lascus, altered by metathesis < L laxus, lax
lush (lus̸h)
noun
- Slang alcoholic liquor
- Slang a person who drinks liquor habitually and to excess; esp., an alcoholic
Etymology: < ? lush, in sense “full of juice”
intransitive verb, transitive verb
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