"lither" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɪðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lither.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more lither [comparative], most lither [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English lither, lyther (“deceitful; evil; false; treacherous; sinful, wicked; leading to cruelty, injustice, or wickedness, perverted; of a country: filled with wicked people; cruel, fierce; dangerous, deadly; frightening; grievous, painful; harmful, injurious; miserable, paltry, poor, worthless; feeble, sluggish; cowardly”) [and other forms], from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked; base, mean, wretched; corrupt”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“bad; dissolute; neglected; useless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, slack”). Sense 1.2 (“flexible, supple; agile, lithe”) is influenced by lithe. cognates * Dutch lodder (“wanton person”), loddering (“drowsy; trifling; wanton”) * German liederlich (“dissolute”), German lotterig (“slovenly”), lüderlich (“slovenly”) * Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”), loddere (“beggar”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)lew-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lither}} Middle English lither, {{m|enm|lyther|t=deceitful; evil; false; treacherous; sinful, wicked; leading to cruelty, injustice, or wickedness, perverted; of a country: filled with wicked people; cruel, fierce; dangerous, deadly; frightening; grievous, painful; harmful, injurious; miserable, paltry, poor, worthless; feeble, sluggish; cowardly}} lyther (“deceitful; evil; false; treacherous; sinful, wicked; leading to cruelty, injustice, or wickedness, perverted; of a country: filled with wicked people; cruel, fierce; dangerous, deadly; frightening; grievous, painful; harmful, injurious; miserable, paltry, poor, worthless; feeble, sluggish; cowardly”), {{nb...|ledyr, leither, leother, leoðre, lether, lethir, lethire, lethur, leðere, lidder, liddyr, lider, lithere, lithre, lithur, liðere, luder, luither, luithere, luiþer, luther, luthere, luthre, luthur, luðer, luðere, luðre, luþur, luyþer, lyder, lydir, lydyr, lythyr, lythyre, lyþere,|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|lȳþre|t=bad, wicked; base, mean, wretched; corrupt}} Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked; base, mean, wretched; corrupt”), {{nb...|hlȳðre, lēðre|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lūþrijaz|t=bad; dissolute; neglected; useless}} Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“bad; dissolute; neglected; useless”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*(s)lew-|t=limp, slack}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, slack”), {{m|en|lithe}} lithe, {{cog|nl|lodder|t=wanton person}} Dutch lodder (“wanton person”), {{m|nl|loddering|t=drowsy; trifling; wanton}} loddering (“drowsy; trifling; wanton”), {{cog|de|liederlich|t=dissolute}} German liederlich (“dissolute”), {{cog|de|lotterig|t=slovenly}} German lotterig (“slovenly”), {{m|de|lüderlich|t=slovenly}} lüderlich (“slovenly”), {{cog|ang|loþrung|t=delusion, rubbish, nonsense}} Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”), {{m|ang|loddere|t=beggar}} loddere (“beggar”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lither (comparative more lither, superlative most lither)
  1. (archaic or British, dialectal)
    Lazy, slothful; listless.
    Tags: dialectal Synonyms: lazy
    Sense id: en-lither-en-adj-cuYHFfNj Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 33 1 9 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 25 1 7 3 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 56 25 0 12 7
  2. (archaic or British, dialectal)
    Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe.
    Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-lither-en-adj-z4KTOJFx Categories (other): British English
  3. (obsolete)
    Bad, evil; false.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lither-en-adj-ATRrk9q-
  4. (obsolete)
    In poor physical condition.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lither-en-adj-hHt1mkkn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lidder Derived forms: lidderon, litherback [obsolete], litherlurden, lither lurden, litherly, litherness, litherous
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-lither.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} lither
  1. comparative form of lithe: more lithe Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: lithe (extra: more lithe)
    Sense id: en-lither-en-adj-hGr-VEzB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“bad; dissolute; neglected; useless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)lew-",
        "t": "limp, slack"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, slack”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lithe"
      },
      "expansion": "lithe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lodder",
        "t": "wanton person"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lodder (“wanton person”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "loddering",
        "t": "drowsy; trifling; wanton"
      },
      "expansion": "loddering (“drowsy; trifling; wanton”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "liederlich",
        "t": "dissolute"
      },
      "expansion": "German liederlich (“dissolute”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lotterig",
        "t": "slovenly"
      },
      "expansion": "German lotterig (“slovenly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lüderlich",
        "t": "slovenly"
      },
      "expansion": "lüderlich (“slovenly”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "loþrung",
        "t": "delusion, rubbish, nonsense"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "loddere",
        "t": "beggar"
      },
      "expansion": "loddere (“beggar”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lither, lyther (“deceitful; evil; false; treacherous; sinful, wicked; leading to cruelty, injustice, or wickedness, perverted; of a country: filled with wicked people; cruel, fierce; dangerous, deadly; frightening; grievous, painful; harmful, injurious; miserable, paltry, poor, worthless; feeble, sluggish; cowardly”) [and other forms], from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked; base, mean, wretched; corrupt”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“bad; dissolute; neglected; useless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, slack”).\nSense 1.2 (“flexible, supple; agile, lithe”) is influenced by lithe.\ncognates\n* Dutch lodder (“wanton person”), loddering (“drowsy; trifling; wanton”)\n* German liederlich (“dissolute”), German lotterig (“slovenly”), lüderlich (“slovenly”)\n* Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”), loddere (“beggar”)",
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    {
      "form": "more lither",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lither",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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    "lith‧er"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "active"
        }
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        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "[1850, Henry Bullinger [i.e., Heinrich Bullinger], “Of the Fourth Precept of the Second Table, which is in Order the Eighth of the Ten Commandments, Thou Shalt Not Steal. Of the Owning and Possessing of Proper Goods, and of the Right and Lawful Getting of the Same; against Sundry Kinds of Theft. The First Sermon.”, in H. I., transl., edited by Thomas Harding, The Decades of Henry Bullinger, Minister of the Church of Zurich, volume II (The Third Decade), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] University Press [for the Parker Society], →OCLC, page 32",
          "text": "Secondarily, let him which laboureth in his vocation be prompt and active; let him be watchful and able to abide labour; he must be no lither-back, unapt, or slothful fellow. Whatsoever he doth, that let him do with faith and diligence.\nA litherback is a lazy or slothful person.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, Charles Whibley, “Introduction”, in [François] Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart and Peter Le Motteux [i.e., Peter Anthony Motteux], edited by W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, Gargantua and Pantagruel […] (Tudor Translations; XXIV), volume I, London: David Nutt […], →OCLC, page lxiv",
          "text": "Thus he [Rabelais] sketched an education which might have befitted a great King, without a word of ribaldry or scorn, and in such a spirit as proves that he gravely condemned the lazy, lither system of the monasteries.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Lazy, slothful; listless."
      ],
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        ],
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          "slothful",
          "slothful"
        ],
        [
          "listless",
          "listless"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "archaic or British",
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        "(archaic or British, dialectal)",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ],
        [
          "agile",
          "agile"
        ],
        [
          "lithe",
          "lithe"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic or British",
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        "(archaic or British, dialectal)",
        "Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bad, evil; false."
      ],
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        [
          "Bad",
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        [
          "evil",
          "evil#Adjective"
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          "false",
          "false"
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        "Bad, evil; false."
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "In poor physical condition."
      ],
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          "poor#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical#Adjective"
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        [
          "condition",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "In poor physical condition."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪðə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪðɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪðə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lidder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lither"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English comparative adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "comparative adjective"
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lith‧er"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "English comparative adjectives"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "more lithe",
          "word": "lithe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of lithe: more lithe"
      ],
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          "lithe#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪðə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪðɚ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lither"
}

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