Meanings
adjectiveleasy (comparative more leasy, superlative most leasy)
comparative more leasy · superlative most leasy
- obsoleteflimsy; vague; deceptive
the Sense it self be left both loose, and leasy
a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC
Origin
- Old English[Term?]“void, loose, false”
- Englishleasy
From Old English [Term?] (“void, loose, false”). Compare leasing.
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APA
leasy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasy
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“leasy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leasy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasy.
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