livelode

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noun

Course of life; means of support; livelihood.

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Meanings

nounlivelode (plural livelodes)

plural livelodes

  1. obsoleteCourse of life; means of support; livelihood.

    My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe

    c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 50v

Origin

See livelihood.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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