LISS

Liss, n. Etym: [AS. liss.]

Definition: Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] "Of penance had a lisse." Chaucer.

Liss, v. t. Etym: [AS. lissan.]

Definition: To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] "Lissed of his care." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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