litherness en · NOUN
Etymology
From lither + -ness.
Meanings
- (obsolete, uncountable) Wickedness.
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(obsolete, uncountable) Laziness, 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: