| 单词 |
litherness |
| 释义 |
† ˈlitherness Obs.
[f. lither a. + -ness.]
1. Wickedness.
a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 197 Þu ne uorsakest nenne mon uor his luðernesse. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7999 His strengþe and is wisdom..He turnde to luþernesse, þo lanfranc was ded. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 226 Þis worlde.. es ful of pompe and lythernes.
2. Laziness, sloth, listlessness, indifference; want of spirit, cowardice. Also in physical sense, laxity.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vi. iv. 355 He that lay in lythyrnes. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 733, I am not ladyn of liddyrnes with lumpis. 1570Sir T. Wilson Demosthenes 17 Things lost by much lethernesse must be recovered againe by great diligence. 1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 540 It is..uniust that the lithernesse of our wives, should be fostered with our sweat. 1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §617. 189 Shun both extremities; but sloath and litherness more. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Dropsy, When the Dropsy proceeds from the real Indisposition..of the Liver, its known by..Litherness or Supinity of the Belly. |
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