English Explanatory Dictionary

lush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Juicy, succulent.
  2. Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
  3. Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
  4. Savoury, delicious.
  5. Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
  6. Beautiful, sexy.
  7. Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
  8. Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
noun
  1. A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
  2. Intoxicating liquor.
  3. A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
adj
  1. Drunk; inebriated.
verb
  1. To drink (liquor) to excess.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌʃ/ [ˈlʌʃ] en-us-lush.ogg /ˈlʊʃ/ [ˈlʊʃ]

Word forms

lush lusher lushest lushes lushing lushed

Etymology

From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆, from Proto-Germanic *laskuz, *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”). Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German er-leswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃 (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.

Synonyms

sapful sappy luscious bosky verdant greenly lavish lush verdured verdurous virid viridescent souse suck-pint alco alcoholic alkie bacchanal bacchant barfly bibber booze artist boozehound boozer borachio bouser carouser cupster dipso dipsomaniac drinker drunk drunkard fuddlecap fuddler grog artist guzzler inebriate juicehead lick-wimble lusher maltworm pisshead pisspot plonko reel-pot rinse-pitcher rumpot shicker slubberdegullion soak soaker sot sponge squeeze-grape sucker swill-belly swill-bowl swill-flagon swill-pot

Related words

gert lush luscious lushen lushly lushness lush up

Derived words

overlush lush-crib lush-roll lush-roller lush-worker lushy lush around lusher lushing lush it up lush up

Translations

Dutch: luxurieus Dutch: delicieus Dutch: weelderig Finnish: mehevä Kabuverdianu: bisós Kabuverdianu: visoze Portuguese: luxuriante Romanian: delicios Romanian: savuros Russian: роско́шный Swedish: luxuös Swedish: smaskig
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