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Definitions and meaning of lithe

lithe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪð/, (US also) /laɪθ/, (nonstandard) /lɪθ/ (compare lissom)
• Rhymes: -aɪð

Etymology 1

From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (“gentle, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos.

Akin to Saterland Frisian lied (“thin, skinny, gaunt”), Danish, Dutch, and archaic German lind (“mild”). Some sources also list Latin lenis (“soft”) and/or Latin lentus (“supple”) as possible cognates.

Adjective

lithe (comparative lither, superlative lithest)

1. (obsolete) Mild; calm.

   Synonyms: clement, gentle, mellow

2. Slim but not skinny.

   Synonyms: lithesome, lissome, swack; see also Thesaurus:slender
3. Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

   Synonyms: pliant, flexible, limber; see also Thesaurus:flexible

   • 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Elsie Venner, page 125

     … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
4. Adaptable.

Derived terms

Related terms

• -inda
• lind
• linden
• Linda

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lithen, from Old English līþian, līþigian, līþegian (“to soften, calm, mitigate, assuage, appease, be mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþijan, from Proto-Germanic *linþijaną (“to soften”), from Proto-Indo-European *lento- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with German lindern (“to alleviate, ease, relieve”).

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lithen, from Old Norse hlýða (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną (“to listen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Cognate with Danish lytte (“to listen”). Related to Old English hlēoþor (“noise, sound, voice, song, hearing”), Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”). More at loud.

Alternative forms

• lythe

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
2. (transitive) To listen to, hearken to.

Etymology 4

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.

Noun

lithe (plural lithes)

1. (Scotland) Shelter.

Etymology 5

From Old English liðan.

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

1. (archaic, dialect, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) to thicken (gravy, etc.)
   • 1994, Arnold Kellett, The English Dialect Dictionary, Smith Settle, page 105

     lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'

Anagrams

• Leith, Theil, Thiel, lieth

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lithe

1. alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lithe

1. alternative form of lyth