Litherness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wickedness. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    Laziness, indifference. obsolete, uncountable

    "Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse unto evill, if it be neither cordiall, nor stomacall."

Example

More examples

"Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse unto evill, if it be neither cordiall, nor stomacall."

Etymology

From lither + -ness.

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