litherness

English

Etymology

From lither +‎ -ness.

Noun

litherness (uncountable)

(obsolete) Wickedness.
(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

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