lavish

/ˈla-vish/

Middle English laves, lavage "extravagant, wasteful," from attributive use of lavas, lavesse "excess, prodigality" (though attested later), probably borrowed from Middle French lavasse, lavache "torrential rain, downpour," from laver "to wash" (going back to Latin lavāre) + -asse, -ache, augmentative and depreciative suffix, going back to Latin -ācea, feminine of -āceus -aceous

adjective

  1. expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal

  2. expended or produced in abundance

  3. marked by profusion or excess

lavish donors

profuse lavish prodigal luxuriant lush exuberant mean giving or given out in great abundance. profuse implies pouring forth without restraint. lavish suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.

verb

  1. to expend or bestow with profusion : squander

phrasal verb

  1. to give a large amount of (something) to (someone)

They lavished attention on their children.