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lusk.

Lazy or slothful.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/lʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/lʊsk/Northern-England

  1. Lazy or slothful.

  2. Full; ripe.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.

noun/lʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/lʊsk/Northern-England

  1. A lazy or slothful person.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.

verb/lʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/lʊsk/Northern-England

  1. To be idle or unemployed.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.

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