As nouns the difference between lithe and lith
is that
lithe is (scotland) shelter while
lith is a limb; any member of the body or
lith can be owndom; property or
lith can be a gate; a gap in a fence.
As a verb lithe
is (obsolete) to go or
lithe can be (obsolete) to become calm or
lithe can be (obsolete) to give ear; attend; listen.
As an adjective lithe
is (obsolete) mild; calm.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
lithe English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).
Verb
(obsolete) To go.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) lithe, from (etyl) .
Adjective
( er)
(obsolete) Mild; calm.
- ''lithe weather
slim but not skinny
- lithe body
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- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe , polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber
- the elephant’s lithe proboscis.
* 1861 , , page 125
- … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
Synonyms
* lithesome, lissome,
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) .
Verb
(head)
(obsolete) To become calm.
(obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
Etymology 4
From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
(lith)
(obsolete) To give ear; attend; listen.
To listen to.
Etymology 5
Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of (lewth).
Noun
( en noun)
(Scotland) Shelter.
* 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song :
- So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died.
Anagrams
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lith English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lith, lyth, from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* (l)
Noun
( en noun)
A limb; any member of the body.
A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
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*:he departed with the lady / & brou?t her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me
(label) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) lith, . More at (l).
Noun
(-)
Owndom; property.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) *. More at (l).
Noun
( en noun)
A gate; a gap in a fence.
Anagrams
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