Lithe definition

Lithe

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WordNet

(1) Moving and bending with ease

WiktionaryText

From , from , from . Akin to Danish and German , Icelandic . Not attested in Gothic nor Old Norse. Some sources list also Latin , others Latin .

Mild; calm.

lithe weather
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
- "...she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace..." — Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)