Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being lither or limber.
- noun Wickedness.
- noun Idleness.
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- noun obsolete
Wickedness . - noun obsolete
Laziness ,indifference .
Etymologies
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From lither + -ness.
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Examples
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Use not sleep as a means to satiate the foggy litherness of thy flesh, but as a medicine to refresh thy tired senses and members: sufficient sleep quickens the mind, and revives the body; but immoderate sleep dulls the one, and fattens the other.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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