lushly

Variant of lush

lush definition

lush (lus̸h)

adjective

  1. tender and full of juice
  2. of luxuriant growth lush vegetation
  3. characterized by a rich growth of vegetation lush fields
  4. 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

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