lavy

adj, noun — 2 senses

lavy

adj

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

Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal Lavish; liberal.

lavy

noun

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

A guillemot.

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