Talk:lither

can we have the phonetic transcription (it would be something like li:ther i think) and also possibly quotes from authors who've used that word?zigzig20s 15:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

valid
It is a totally valid entry...the word does exist, it's just that it is rare and old-fashioned, if not archaic...zigzig20s 17:19, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

As it can be found in a dictionary, shouldn't the verification request be taken off? zigzig20s 18:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well frankly the Webster's definition looks more like a guess than a definitive statement, anyway we are supposed to be building an independent dictionary, not just copying others. However it shouldn't really be deleted now so I'll take off the tag. Kappa 19:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Comparative form of lithe. ?
Comparative form of lithe.

I don't think this should be under this entry because it is not pronounced in the same way. "lither" as in not more lithe, but as in evil/idle, is pronounced li:ther apparently.zigzig20s 10:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * If not here then where? There's only one page available for the string "lither". Cynewulf 08:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, apparently there are entries for "smaller" and "taller" (for example) while these could easily go under "small" and "tall"...Strictly speaking, "smaller" is not a word, it is a form of the word "small" with a specific ending...which is why I didn't expect it to have its own entry...The same applies to "lither" as in "more lithe" - but apparently wiktionary has rules I wasn't aware of.zigzig20s 09:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, Wiktionary accepts all forms of all words in all languages. --EncycloPetey 10:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

meaning "bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. " Kappa 18:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've found a reference but still hoping for some citations. Kappa 17:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I found a nice citation on WikiSource: --EncycloPetey 10:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * 1534 — François Rabelais, Gargantua, ch XL (translated in 1653 by Thomas Urquhart and Peter Antony Motteux)
 * After the same manner a monk--I mean those lither, idle, lazy monks--doth not labour and work, as do the peasant and artificer; doth not ward and defend the country, as doth the man of war; cureth not the sick and diseased, as the physician doth; doth neither preach nor teach, as do the evangelical doctors and schoolmasters; doth not import commodities and things necessary for the commonwealth, as the merchant doth.


 * Double hyphen sic.??
 * Now cited. DAVilla 16:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Rfvpassed. Andrew massyn 15:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)