lush

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʌʃ/, [ˈlʌʃ] (Northern England, without the foot-strut split) IPA(key): /ˈlʊʃ/, [ˈlʊʃ] Rhymes: -ʌʃ Hyphenation: lush === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== lush (comparative lusher, superlative lushest) Juicy, succulent. Synonyms: sapful, sappy, luscious (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile. (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant. Synonyms: bosky, verdant; see also Thesaurus:verdant (of food) Savoury, delicious. Thriving; rife; sumptuous. (UK, slang) Beautiful, sexy. (UK, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked. (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead. ==== Noun ==== lush (countable and uncountable, plural lushes) (slang, derogatory) A drunkard, sot, alcoholic. Synonyms: souse, suck-pint; see also Thesaurus:drunkard (slang) Intoxicating liquor. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage (Hawaii, Pidgin, slang) A person who enjoys talking about themselves. Synonyms: egotist, narcissist ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== lush (comparative lusher, superlative lushest) (slang) Drunk; inebriated. ==== Verb ==== lush (third-person singular simple present lushes, present participle lushing, simple past and past participle lushed) (ambitransitive) To drink (liquor) to excess. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Uhls, Ulsh, shul == Albanian == === Etymology === Check lushë. === Noun === lush m male dog hooligan ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== lushë === Further reading === “lush”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006