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Revision as of 06:24, 18 November 2019
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
- Rhymes: -ʌsk
Adjective
lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)
Noun
lusk (plural lusks)
- 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)
- (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *luskъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- pod (of a leguminous plant)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Danish
Noun
lusk
- 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.
- 2017, Knud H. Thomsen, Borgmesteren i Monteporco, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
Declension
Indeclinable.
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English doublets
- Rhymes:English/ʌsk
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Requests for quotations/T. Kendall
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:People
- Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- cs:Botany
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns