luskishness

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noun

Laziness; sloth.

First used 16th–17th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounluskishness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLaziness; sloth.First known use 16th–17th c.

    But, when he saw his foe before in vew, / He shooke off luskishnesse […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From luskish + -ness.

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luskishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luskishness

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luskishness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luskishness.

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