LITHER

Etymology 1

Adjective

lither

comparative form of lithe

Etymology 2

Adjective

lither (comparative more lither, superlative most lither)

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful; lazy.

Anagrams

• Hirtle, Hitler

Source: Wiktionary

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Li"ther, a. Etym: [AS.

Definition: Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.

Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.

– Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.].

– Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]

LITHE

Lithe, v. i. & i. Etym: [Icel Listen.]

Definition: To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Lithe, a. Etym: [AS. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]

1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]

2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

Lithe, v. t. Etym: [AS. Lithe, a.]

Definition: To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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