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Definition of Overlavish
1. a. Lavish to excess.
Definition of Overlavish
1. Adjective. Excessively lavish; decadent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlavish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlavish
Literary usage of Overlavish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... Saints Eves, and the whole ragman roll of fasting days; and fishmongers might
keep Christmas all the year, for any overlavish takings they should have ..."
2. Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"... irregularly fenced and divided, the whole picture one of an overlavish and
hulf.-subdued Eden of fertility—instead of this I say—the broad meadows, ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... that we have provided, we certainly cannot be accused of being overlavish.
Now, Sir, why has the House refused to assent to an annual appropriation ? ..."
4. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"... much to obtain for his compositions the vogue which they deservedly enjoy,
despite an overlavish employment of Bohemian mannerisms in melody and rhythm. ..."
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