See Also: lush(1)(dictionary)
lush(2)(dictionary)
lush(3)(dictionary)
lush(4)(dictionary)
lush(dictionary)
lush 1, adjective(dictionary)
lush 2, noun(dictionary)

parabolize (iou) and lush(3) (iou)


parabolize (iou)



parabolize verb trans. Also parabolise. E17.
[Orig. from medieval Latin parabolizare speak in parables; in mod. use formed as PARABOLIST + -IZE.]
Express or represent by means of or in a parable. E17.
Make parabolic or paraboloidal in shape. M19.

lush(3) (iou)



lush noun2. slang. L18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. joc. from LUSH adjective.]
Liquor, alcoholic drink. L18.
N. Mailer Stoned with lush, with pot.
A drinking-bout. M19.
A drunkard, N. Amer. an alcoholic. L19.
A. Lurie His wife's a lush and she screws around. R. Jaffe For him to make her mother stay dry he first had to admit she was a lush.
Comb.: lushbum a drunkard; lush drum a disreputable drinking-resort; lush-head a drunkard, an alcoholic.