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LAVISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lavishness mean?
• LAVISHNESS (noun)
The noun LAVISHNESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
2. excessive spending
Familiarity information: LAVISHNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lavishness; luxury; sumptuosity; sumptuousness
Hypernyms ("lavishness" is a kind of...):
expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)
Derivation:
lavish (very generous)
lavish (characterized by extravagance and profusion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessive spending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
extravagance; high life; highlife; lavishness; prodigality
Hypernyms ("lavishness" is a kind of...):
dissipation; waste; wastefulness (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly)
Derivation:
lavish (very generous)
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