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litherness

litherness noun: wickedness.

Noun

litherness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Wickedness.
  2. (obsolete) Laziness, indifference.
    • Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse unto evill, if it be neither cordiall, nor stomacall.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin of litherness

From lither + -ness.

Questions about litherness

What does litherness mean?
Litherness means wickedness.
What part of speech is litherness?
Litherness is a noun.

Words near litherness in the dictionary

  1. lithens
  2. lither
  3. Litherland
  4. Litherlands
  5. litherly
  6. litherness
  7. lithes
  8. lithesome
  9. lithesomeness
  10. lithest
  11. Lithgow

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