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    A lush is slang for a drunkard. Did this originate with someone named Lush?

    Question #113637. Asked by star_gazer. (Mar 25 10 8:56 AM)


    Zbeckabee

    		lush (n.)
    1890, "drunkard," from earlier (1790) slang meaning "liquor" (in phrase lush ken "alehouse"); perhaps a humorous use of lush (adj.) or from Romany or Shelta (tinkers' jargon).

    lush (adj.)
    1440, "lax, flaccid, soft, tender," from O.Fr. lasche "soft, succulent," from laschier "loosen," from L.L. laxicare "become shaky," related to L. laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Sense of "luxuriant in growth" is first attested 1610; erroneously applied to colors since 1744.

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lush&searchmode=none

    Mar 25 10, 10:59 AM
    star_gazer

    		One theory cites a drinking club known as City of Lushington after Dr Thomas Lushington (1590-1661), British chaplain.

    http://wordcraft.infopop.cc/eponyms.htm

    Mar 26 10, 9:40 PM

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