lusk

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US, UK/lʌsk/Northern England/lʊsk/

adjective

Lazy or slothful.

OriginMiddle English *lusk ← Old Norse lǫskr ← Proto-Germanic *laskwaz →
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Meanings

lusk1

adjectivelusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)

comparative more lusk · superlative most lusk

  1. Lazy or slothful.
  2. UKdialectalFull; ripe.
nounlusk (plural lusks)

plural lusks

  1. A lazy or slothful person.

    But whom he sees to labor prest, theim lets he still alone: He labor lothes, and loues the luske, to ease and pleasure prone

    1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams
verblusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)

present singular third person lusks · participle present lusking · participle past lusked · past lusked

  1. obsoleteTo be idle or unemployed.

Lusk2

proper nounLusk (countable and uncountable, plural Lusks)

plural Lusks

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA town in Fingal, formerly in County Dublin, Ireland.
  3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri, United States.
  4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States.
  5. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States.

Origin

lusk · adjective, noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lēyd-“to let, subside”
  2. Proto-Germanic*laskwaz“sluggish, dull, lazy”
  3. Old Norselǫskr“weak, idle”
  4. Middle English*lusk
  5. Englishlusk

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.

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Lusk · proper noun

Probably a variant of Leask.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lusk

duskruskhusktuskbrusquebuskcusksubfusc
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Anagrams

sulkKlus
Cite this entry
APA

lusk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusk

MLA

“lusk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lusk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusk.

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