litherness

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noun

Wickedness.

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Meanings

nounlitherness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableWickedness.
  2. obsoleteuncountableLaziness, indifference.

    Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse unto evill, if it be neither cordiall, nor stomacall.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

From lither + -ness.

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APA

litherness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litherness

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“litherness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litherness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “litherness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litherness.

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