leasy

English

Etymology

From Old English [Term?] (“void, loose, false”). Compare leasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːzi/

Adjective

leasy (comparative more leasy, superlative most leasy)

1. (obsolete) flimsy; vague; deceptive
   • a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:

     the Sense it self be left both loose, and leasy

References

• “leasy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ealys, Layes, Sealy, layes, lyase, yales