lush

Meaning

Adj

1. Juicy, succulent.
2. (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
3. Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
4. Savoury, delicious.
5. Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
6. (British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
7. (British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
8. (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.

Noun

1. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) Intoxicating liquor.
3. (Hawaii, countable, slang, uncountable) A person who enjoys talking about themselves.

Verb

To drink (liquor) to excess.

Synonyms

luxuriant

succulent

abundant

rich

🤑

drunkard

boozer

verdant

alcoholic

thick

drunk

dense

freshwater cod

soaker

eelpout

plush

bountiful

juicy

lawyer

ling

plenty

maria

lucullan

plushy

exuberant

luxurious

rank

profuse

lavish

dipsomaniac

cusk

mother eel

green

sot

souse

alky

mud blower

riotous

gudgeon

burbot

be luxuriant

ling-cod

boozehound

developed

expand

fertile

fleecy

flourish

fool

fresh

full

Translations

alcoolique

ubriacone

lujoso

luxuriant

φαγοπότι

κερνώ

σφρηγιλός

satt

ποτό

γλέντι

μεθώ

οργιαστικός

Quappe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lusch

Inherited from Old English: *lysċ

Cognate with Old English: lysu

Cognate with Middle Low German: lasch

Cognate with Middle High German: erleswen

Cognate with Old Norse: lǫskr

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃

Cognate with Middle Low German: las

Cognate with Low German: lusch

In summary

From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskw, from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”).
Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German er-leswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃 (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.