Lurkish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending to lurk; somewhat lurky. rare
"They love no idle bench-whistlers nor lurkish faitors; for yoong and old are wholly addicted to thrieing the men commonlie to traffike, the women to spinning and carding."
Example
More examples"They love no idle bench-whistlers nor lurkish faitors; for yoong and old are wholly addicted to thrieing the men commonlie to traffike, the women to spinning and carding."
Etymology
From lurk + -ish.
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