LITHER


Meaning of LITHER in English

ˈlithə(r) adjective

Etymology: Middle English, bad, wicked, wretched, lazy, from Old English lȳthre bad, wicked, wretched; akin to Old English loddere beggar, Middle Low German lüder dissolute person, lodder shiftless person, Old High German lottar insignificant, empty, MHG lieder lich slight, insignificant, Old Irish lott whore

1. now dialect England : disinclined to exertion : slothful , lazy

2. now dialect England

a. : easily displaced : yielding

winged through the lither sky — Shakespeare

b. : supple and active : agile

boys … are made that lither — Maxwell Gray

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.