† litherbyn.
Obsolete. rare.
(See quot. 1598.)
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > loutish or stupid
lubber1362
slouch?1518
lubber-wort1547
litherback1577
lubbard1586
lither lurdena1590
litherby1598
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. iii, in Terence in Eng. 19 Thers no time to plaie the litherbie now, or lasie lubber.
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litherby
Forming descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc.
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n.1598as lemmas
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- single-diamond
- single-driver
- single-driving
- single-dyed
- single-edged
- single-electrode
- single-electron
- single-ended
- single-engine
- single-engined
- single-eye
- single-eyed
- single-family
- single-filed
- single-fin
- single-finned
- single-flowered
- single-fold
- single-foot
- single-footed
- single-footer
- single-footing
- single-foots