Luskishness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Laziness; sloth. obsolete, uncountable

    "But, when he saw his foe before in vew, / He shooke off luskishnesse […]"

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"But, when he saw his foe before in vew, / He shooke off luskishnesse […]"

Etymology

From luskish + -ness.

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