LITHE
ADJECTIVES
► BAIN flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CLEAN-LIMBED shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe → 1461-83
► CLEAN-TIMBERED well-built, shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe → 1598
► EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful → 1805 Eng. dial.
► LEATHERING lithe, muscular, active → 1865 Eng. dial.
► WANDLE ► WANNEL of a person: lithe, agile, nimble → 1803 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GIDGET a lithe and pert young woman → 1950s Amer. sl.
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