Lavy

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A guillemot.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Lavish; liberal. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lave (“to pour out, lavish”) + -y.

Etymology 2

From Irish lamhaidh, from Old Norse tangvé, langvé. Cognate with Icelandic langvía, lómvia, Faroese lomvigi, Norwegian langve, lomvi. Compare also French lare (“seagull”).

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