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lush

UK/ˈlʌʃ/ US/ˈlʌʃ/ uncommon obsolete slang uk
adjective (3) noun (1)

adjective

1.

produced or growing in extreme abundance

  • “their riotous blooming”
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2.

characterized by extravagance and profusion

  • “a lavish buffet”
  • “a lucullan feast”
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3.

full of juice

  • “lush fruits”
  • “succulent roast beef”
  • “succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves”
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noun

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • gert lush
  • lush up

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