lithe
21Lithe — Two feast days of the Shire Calendar that lay either side of Midyear s Day (and, in a leap year, the special feast day of Overlithe). 1 Lithe fell on modern 21 June, while 2 Lithe usually fell on modern 23 June, but on 24 June in a leap year …
22lithe — adjective /laɪð/ Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber lithe weather Syn: lithesome, lissome …
23lithe — adj. Lithe is used with these nouns: ↑body, ↑figure, ↑grace …
24lithe — adjective slim, supple, and graceful. Derivatives lithely adverb litheness noun Origin OE līthe gentle, meek , also mellow , of Gmc origin …
25lithe — adjective having a body that moves easily and gracefully: the dancer s lithe long limbed body lithely adverb …
26lithe — adjective lithe dancers Syn: agile, graceful, supple, limber, lithesome, loose limbed, nimble, deft, flexible, lissome, slender, slim, willowy Ant: clumsy …
27lithe — /laɪð / (say luydh) adjective bending readily; pliant; limber; supple. Also, lithesome /ˈlaɪðsəm/ (say luydhsuhm). {Middle English lith(e), Old English līthe, related to German lind mild} –lithely, adverb –litheness, noun …
28lithe — adj. flexible, supple. Derivatives: lithely adv. litheness n. lithesome adj. Etymology: OE lithe f. Gmc …
29Lithe (programming language) — Lithe is an experimental programming language created in 1982 by David Sandberg at the University of Washington which allows the programmer to freely choose his own syntax. Lithe combines the ideas of syntax directed translation and classes in a… …
30lithe´ness — lithe «lyth», adjective. bending easily; supple: »lithe limbs, a lithe willow. An athlete should be lithe of body. SYNONYM(S): flexible, limber, pliant, lithesome, lissome, willowy. ╂[Old English līthe soft, mild] –lithe´ly, adverb. –lithe´ness …
