lusk
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz, *latskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēid- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). See lash.
Adjective [edit]
lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)
Noun [edit]
lusk (plural lusks)
- a lazy or slothful person
- (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Kendall to this entry?)
Verb [edit]
lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)
- (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.
Anagrams [edit]
Czech [edit]
Noun [edit]
lusk m
- pod (of a leguminous plant)
