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luskishness

luskishness noun: laziness; sloth.

Noun

luskishness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Laziness; sloth.
    • But, when he saw his foe before in vew, / He shooke off luskishnesse […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of luskishness

From luskish + -ness.

Questions about luskishness

What does luskishness mean?
Luskishness means laziness; sloth.
What part of speech is luskishness?
Luskishness is a noun.

Words near luskishness in the dictionary

  1. lusked
  2. Luskin
  3. lusking
  4. Luskintyre
  5. luskish
  6. luskishness
  7. lusks
  8. Luso
  9. luso-
  10. Luso-Brazilian
  11. Luso-Hispanic

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