LUSH


Meaning of LUSH in English

/ lʌʃ; NAmE / adjective , noun

■ adjective

1.

( of plants, gardens, etc. ) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive; covered in healthy grass and plants

SYN luxuriant :

lush vegetation

the lush green countryside

2.

beautiful and making you feel pleasure; seeming expensive :

a lush apartment

■ noun

( NAmE , informal ) = alcoholic

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WORD ORIGIN

adjective late Middle English : perhaps an alteration of obsolete lash soft, lax , from Old French lasche lax, by association with luscious .

noun late 18th cent.: perhaps a humorous use of lush luscious .

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