leasy

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English [Term?] (void, loose, false). Compare leasing.

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Adjective

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leasy (comparative more leasy, superlative most leasy)

  1. (obsolete) flimsy; vague; deceptive
    • a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, [], London: [] John Daye, [], published 1570, →OCLC:
      the Sense it self be left both loose, and leasy

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