What does "lithe" mean?
Lithe: Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 2.Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.
- 3.To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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