lusk

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.

• IPA^(key): /lʌsk/

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• Rhymes: -ʌsk

lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)

1. lazy or slothful
2. (UK, dialectal) full; ripe

lusk (plural lusks)

1. 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

lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)

1. (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

• sulk, Klus

Inherited from Old Czech lusk, from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusk]
• Hyphenation: lusk

lusk m inan

1. pod (of a leguminous plant)

• “lusk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lusk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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lusk

1. 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.

• luske
• luskebuks
• lusket

• losse (Early Middle English, Northern)

From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs.

• IPA^(key): /lusk/

lusk

1. (hapax) lynx

• luskwerk

• English: los, loz

• “lusk-werk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

• IPA^(key): /lúːsk/

lȗsk m inan

1. (botany) silique

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lusk
gen. sing.	luska
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lusk	luska	luski
genitive (rodȋlnik)	luska	luskov	luskov
dative (dajȃlnik)	lusku	luskoma	luskom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lusk	luska	luske
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lusku	luskih	luskih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	luskom	luskoma	luski

• lušček

• “lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024