lush
adjective
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L17854 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L323470 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌʃ/ / [ˈlʌʃ] / /ˈlʊʃ/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Drunk; inebriated.
““’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.””
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian łuža (“swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
“Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.”
- Intoxicating liquor.
“I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight.”
“If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.”
- A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
“Am I humble or am I a lush?”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To drink (liquor) to excess.