1.
[syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lithe \Lithe\ (l[imac][th]), v. t. & i. [Icel hl[=y][eth]a. See
Listen.]
To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lithe \Lithe\, a. [AS. l[imac][eth]e, for lin[eth]e tender,
mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel.
linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to
yield. Cf. Lenient.]
1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
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2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber;
as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. --Milton.
Syn: lithesome.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lithe \Lithe\, v. t. [AS. l[imac][eth]ian. See Lithe, a.]
To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lithe
adj 1: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom,
lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte,
sylphlike]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
LITHE
Object-oriented with extensible syntax.
"LITHE: A Language Combining a Flexible Syntax and Classes",
D. Sandberg, Conf Rec 9th Ann ACM Sym POPL, ACM 1982,
pp.142-145.