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lither.

Lazy, slothful; listless.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlɪðə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪðɚ/General-American
  1. Lazy, slothful; listless.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  2. Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  3. Bad, evil; false.

    obsolete
  4. In poor physical condition.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lither, lyther (“deceitful; evil; false; treacherous; sinful, wicked; leading to cruelty, injustice, or wickedness, perverted; of a country: filled with wicked people; cruel, fierce; dangerous, deadly; frightening; grievous, painful; harmful, injurious; miserable, paltry, poor, worthless; feeble, sluggish; cowardly”) [and other forms], from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked; base, mean, wretched; corrupt”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“bad; dissolute; neglected; useless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, slack”). Sense 1.2 (“flexible, supple; agile, lithe”) is influenced by lithe. Cognates Dutch lodder (“wanton person”), loddering (“drowsy; trifling; wanton”) German liederlich (“dissolute”), German lotterig (“slovenly”), lüderlich (“slovenly”) Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”), loddere (“beggar”)

adj/ˈlaɪðə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlaɪðɚ/General-American
  1. comparative form of lithe: more lithe

    comparative · form-of
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