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# [[pod]] {{gloss|of a leguminous plant}}
# [[pod]] {{gloss|of a leguminous plant}}

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===Further reading===
===Further reading===

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See also: Lusk

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)

  1. lazy or slothful
  2. (UK, dialectal) full; ripe

Noun

lusk (plural lusks)

  1. a lazy or slothful person
    (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Kendall to this entry?)

Verb

lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)

  1. (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

Anagrams


Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. pod (of a leguminous plant)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading


Danish

Noun

lusk

  1. sneaky acts; covert operations
    • 2017, Knud H. Thomsen, Borgmesteren i Monteporco, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
      Allerede da jeg førte mit regiment i Abessinien og indtog byen Sokota, mærkede jeg, at der var noget lusk. Ikke et menneske at se! Aha, tænkte jeg, snigskytter på tagene, dynamit i kældrene, masser af bevæbnede sorte bag næste hjørne.
    • 2016, Inge Fischer Sørensen, Det sku' være så godt!, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
      »Der er lusk i foretagendet!« Rie kneb det ene øje i og troede, at hun så fiffig ud. »Det lugter langt væk af lusk
    • 2016, Anders Westenholz, Tale er guld: Mere om over- og undertoner i den daglige samtale, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
      En tilhører kan få mistanke om, at der er lusk i foretagendet – og mistanken forstærkes, når Brian – helt atypisk – klart giver til kende, at han har lektier for.

Declension

Indeclinable.

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