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lichtlying

lichtlying is the present participle and gerund of lichtly.

Meaning of lichtly

Verb

lichtly (third-person singular simple present lichtlies, present participle lichtlying, simple past and past participle lichtlied)

  1. (Scotland) To slight; to treat contemptuously or without seriousness.
    • nevertheles the sadis Johnne of Haldane and James, and thar complices, now again has cummyn to the samyn, and masterfully has tain and occupiis thaim, and has of new castin furth thar gudis, corne and catall, but ony resoune, as is allegit, in great lichtlying, contempt, and dissobeying of our...1835, Mark Napier, History of the Partition of the Lennox, page 130

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Questions about lichtlying

What is lichtlying the present participle and gerund of?
Lichtlying is the present participle and gerund of lichtly.

Words near lichtlying in the dictionary

  1. Lichtenwalners
  2. Lichterfelde
  3. lichtlied
  4. lichtlies
  5. lichtly
  6. lichtlying
  7. Lichtman
  8. Lichtmans
  9. Lichty
  10. Lichtys
  11. Lichuan

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