# lusk
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /lʌsk/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Northern England) IPA: /lʊsk/
* Rhymes: -ʌsk

### Adjective

lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)
* lazy or slothful
* (UK, dialectal) full; ripe

### Noun

lusk (plural lusks)
* 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

### Verb

lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)
* (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

### Anagrams

* sulk, Klus

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlusk]
* Hyphenation: lusk

### Noun

lusk m inan
* pod (of a leguminous plant)

#### Related terms

* louskat
* luskat
* luštit

### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Etymology

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### Noun

lusk
* 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 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.«(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

Indeclinable.

#### Related terms

* luske
* luskebuks
* lusket

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* losse (Early Middle English, Northern)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lusk/

### Noun

lusk
* (hapax) lynx

#### Derived terms

* luskwerk

#### Descendants

* English: los, loz

#### References

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

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lúːsk/

### Noun

lȗsk m inan
* (botany) silique

#### Derived terms

* lušček

### Further reading

* “lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025