expensive
(adjective) high in price or charging high prices; “expensive clothes”; “an expensive shop”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expensive (comparative more expensive, superlative most expensive)
(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Having a high price or cost.
(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
• See expensive
• cheap
• inexpensive
• low-priced
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pen"sive, a.
1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.
2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. Sir W. Temple.
Syn.
– Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant.
– Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv.
– Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
