lusk

See also: Lusk and łusk

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

• IPA^(key): /lʌsk/

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• Rhymes: -ʌsk

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
   • 1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams:

     But whom he sees to labor prest,
     theim lets he still alone:
     He labor lothes, and loues the luske,
     to ease and pleasure prone

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

• sulk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lusk, from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusk]
• Hyphenation: lusk

Noun

lusk m inan

1. pod (of a leguminous plant)

Declension

Declension of lusk

	singular	plural
nominative	lusk	lusky
genitive	lusku	lusků
dative	lusku	luskům
accusative	lusk	lusky
vocative	lusku	lusky
locative	lusku	luscích
instrumental	luskem	lusky

Related terms

• louskat
• luskat
• luštit

 

Further reading

• lusk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lusk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

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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.

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   • 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.«

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   • 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.

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Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

• luske
• luskebuks
• lusket

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Noun

lȗsk m inan

1. (botany) silique

Derived terms

• lušček

Further reading

• “lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran