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lusk

/lʌsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
lusk
IPA
/lʌsk/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lazy or slothful.

adj

Full; ripe.

British usage

noun

A lazy or slothful person.

verb

To be idle or unemployed.

Obsolete

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Fingal, formerly in County Dublin, Ireland.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *lusk, lǫskr, *laskwaz, *lēyd-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /lʌsk/
  • British English: /lʌsk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more lusk (comparative) most lusk (superlative) lusks (plural) lusks (present, singular) lusking (participle, present) lusked (participle, past) lusked (past)

Derived Forms

luskish

Rhymes With

musk dusk tusk husk rusk brusque busk cusk buske kuske muske fsck

Questions

How do you pronounce lusk?
The recorded pronunciation is /lʌsk/.
What does lusk mean?
Lazy or slothful.
Where does lusk come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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