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lithe

   [lahyth]
–adjective,lith·er, lith·est.
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
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Also, lithesome.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lith(e), OE līthe; c. OS līthi, G lind mild, L lentus slow

—Related forms
lithely, adverb
litheness, noun

—Can be confused: lithe, lissome.
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lithe (laɪð) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
flexible or supple
 
[Old English (in the sense: gentle; C15: supple); related to Old High German lindi soft, Latin lentus slow]
 
'lithely
 
—adv
 
'litheness
 
—n

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lithe
O.E. liðe "soft, mild, gentle, meek," from P.Gmc. *linthijaz (cf. O.S. lithi, O.H.G. lindi, Ger. lind, O.N. linr, with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in Eng.), from PIE base *lent- "flexible" (cf. L. lentus "flexible, pliant, slow"). In M.E., used of the weather. Current sense of "easily flexible" is from c.1400.
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Computing Dictionary

LITHE definition


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.

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