lavy

See also: Lavy

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Lavish; liberal.

Etymology 2

Compare French lare (“seagull”).

Noun

lavy (plural lavies)

  1. A guillemot.
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