lusk
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Etymology edit
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 (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)
Noun edit
lusk (plural lusks)
- a lazy or slothful person
- 1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams:
- But whom he sees to labor prest,
theim lets he still alone:
He labor lothes, and loues the luske,
to ease and pleasure prone
Verb edit
lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)
- (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech lusk, from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.
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lusk m inan
- pod (of a leguminous plant)
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lusk
- sneaky acts; covert operations
- 2017, Knud H. Thomsen, Borgmesteren i Monteporco, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Allerede da jeg førte mit regiment i Abessinien og indtog byen Sokota, mærkede jeg, at der var noget lusk. Ikke et menneske at se! Aha, tænkte jeg, snigskytter på tagene, dynamit i kældrene, masser af bevæbnede sorte bag næste hjørne.
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- 2016, Inge Fischer Sørensen, Det sku' være så godt!, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- »Der er lusk i foretagendet!« Rie kneb det ene øje i og troede, at hun så fiffig ud. »Det lugter langt væk af lusk.«
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- 2016, Anders Westenholz, Tale er guld: Mere om over- og undertoner i den daglige samtale, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- En tilhører kan få mistanke om, at der er lusk i foretagendet – og mistanken forstærkes, når Brian – helt atypisk – klart giver til kende, at han har lektier for.
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Indeclinable.
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- losse (Early Middle English, Northern)
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From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs.
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lusk
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References edit
- “lusk-werk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *luskъ.
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lȗsk m inan
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Further reading edit
- “lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran