Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Lavish; liberal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A guillemot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From lave (“to pour out, lavish”) + -y.
From Irish lamhaidh, from Old Norse tangvé, langvé. Cognate with Icelandic langvía, lómvia, Faroese lomvigi, Norwegian langve, lomvi. Compare also French lare (“seagull”).
