lithy

English

Alternative forms

• lethy (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur.

Adjective

lithy (comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)

1. Easily bent; pliable.

   Synonym: bendsome

Derived terms

• lithy tree

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lithy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Hilty, thiyl