Lavishing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Profuse giving. countable, uncountable

    "lavishings of praise"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lavish form-of, gerund, participle, present

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overgenerousextravagantimmoderateprodigalaboundingabundant

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"Never were finer women or more accomplished men seen in any Court, and Nature seemed to have taken pleasure in lavishing her greatest graces on the greatest persons."

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