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Liss

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
  2. 2
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Comfort; happiness. obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    A respite from pain. UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To ease; lighten; relieve; abate. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To cease; stop. UK, dialectal, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above.

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