lavy

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adjective

Lavish; liberal.

OriginIrish lamhaidh ← Old Norse tangvé →
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Meanings

lavy1

adjectivelavy (comparative lavier or more lavy, superlative laviest or most lavy)

comparative lavier · comparative more lavy · superlative laviest · superlative most lavy

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectalLavish; liberal.

lavy2

nounlavy (plural lavies)

plural lavies

  1. A guillemot.

Lavy3

proper nounLavy (plural Lavys)

plural Lavys

  1. A surname.

Origin

lavy · adjective

From lave (“to pour out, lavish”) + -y.

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lavy · noun

  1. Old Norsetangvé
  2. Irishlamhaidh
  3. Englishlavy

From Irish lamhaidh, from Old Norse tangvé, langvé. Cognate with Icelandic langvía, lómvia, Faroese lomvigi, Norwegian langve, lomvi. Compare also French lare (“seagull”).

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APA

lavy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavy

MLA

“lavy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lavy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavy.

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