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Definition of Lavishness
1. Noun. The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
Generic synonyms: Expensiveness
Derivative terms: Lavish, Lavish, Luxuriate, Luxurious, Sumptuous, Sumptuous
2. Noun. Excessive spending.
Generic synonyms: Dissipation, Waste, Wastefulness
Derivative terms: Extravagant, Lavish, Prodigal
Definition of Lavishness
1. n. The quality or state of being lavish.
Definition of Lavishness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being lavish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lavishness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavishness
Literary usage of Lavishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Disliking the lavishness of that nobleman's house, he withdrew to a small farm
and lived in great austerity. Relieving distress to the utmost of his power ..."
2. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"lavishness of James upon his favourites.—Feudal aid.—Impositions upon merchandise.—First
Settlement in Virginia.—Progress of the Colony. ..."
3. The Good Man and the Good: An Introduction to Ethics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1918)
"It is menaced on the one hand by over-lavishness, the over-ready dissipation of
one's possessions and by pusil- ..."
4. An Eye for an Eye by Anthony Trollope (1879)
"But thought would come with years; for almost any lavishness there were means
sufficient; and evil pleasures might cease to entice. ..."
5. On the Threshold of Central Africa: A Record of Twenty Years' Pioneering by François Coillard (1897)
"... to fetch Missionaries—Fever—Darkest Africa—lavishness of Traders—Journey to
Sesheke—Studies in Philology —A Direful Discovery—"The Chiefs in my Pocket. ..."
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