LITHE
What does "LITHE" mean?
Slender, supple, and graceful in movement.
Meanings
- Bending or moving easily and gracefully; flexible and slender. The dancer's lithe body folded into the pose without effort.
Did you know?
- 'Lithe' originally meant 'gentle' or 'mild' in Old English - the same root survives in the Anglo-Saxon names for the midsummer months, 'Aerra Litha' and 'Aeftera Litha', for the mild, calm season around the solstice.
Word origin
From Old English 'lithe', meaning gentle, mild, or soft, from a Proto-Germanic root; the modern sense of 'supple and flexible' developed later from the idea of softness.
Remember it
LITHE rhymes with 'writhe' and 'scythe' - all curved, supple, bending motions.
A little poem
The willow gives way-
lithe, it bows beneath the storm
the oak fights and breaks.
haiku
Wordplay
- The gymnast and the snake had a flexibility contest. It was a draw - both were too lithe to be pinned down.
What it teaches
What bends survives the wind that snaps the stiff; suppleness is its own kind of strength.
Quick facts
What does LITHE mean?
Slender, supple, and graceful in movement.
Is LITHE a valid word?
Yes — LITHE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LITHE?
LITHE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does LITHE come from?
From Old English 'lithe', meaning gentle, mild, or soft, from a Proto-Germanic root; the modern sense of 'supple and flexible' developed later from the idea of softness.
What can LITHE teach us?
What bends survives the wind that snaps the stiff; suppleness is its own kind of strength.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.