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† ˈluskish, a. Obs.
[f. lusk n. + -ish.]
Slothful, lazy, sluggish.
15..Hye Way to Spyttil Hous 117 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 28 Boyes, gyrles and luskysh strong knaues. 1533More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tindale Wks. 589/1 Thei haue in their traunce and theire sleepe played out all their luskishe lustes. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark vi. 7–9 Suche a mynistre as is quicke and spedie, and not a luskysh loyterer or sluggerde. 1643J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea v. (1652) 91 Away now with our..luskish desires, let us up and be doing. 1790J. Williams Shrove Tuesday in A Cabinet, etc. (1794) 28 Luskish or fleet, lugubrious or glad. 1819H. Busk Tea 115 When luskish seasons their retreat delay And March enamour'd steals a kiss from May.
Hence ˈluskishly adv., ˈluskishness.
1530Palsgr. 839/1 Luskysshely, en lourdault. 1538Elyot Dict., Socordia..Luskisshenesse. 1540Morysine tr. Vives' Introd. Wysd. C iij, Those thinges..be occasions of great vices, as of insolent arrogancy, of luskyshenes [etc.]. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. i. 35 But, when he saw his foe before in vew, He shooke off luskishnesse. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A iv, Is it time for us luskishly to sit still, and to be silent? 1642Rogers Naaman 131 Formality in Religion, ease, sloath..and luskishnesse of spirit. |