litherness

English

Etymology

From lither +‎ -ness.

Noun

litherness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Wickedness.
2. (obsolete) Laziness, indifference.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse unto evill, if it be neither cordiall, nor stomacall.

Anagrams

• inshelters, shelterins, shrinelets