leeftail

English

Alternative forms

• leftal, lieftel, leavetail

Etymology

From Middle English *leftal, *lieftele, from Old English lēoftǣl, lēoftǣle (“kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable”), equivalent to lief +‎ tell.

Adjective

leeftail (comparative more leeftail, superlative most leeftail)

1. (UK dialectal, obsolete) High in demand; quickly sold.
   • 1839, Ann Coward Wheeler, Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads:

     Markets hes been terrable laa this lang time, hardly worth gangin teea; but it wur Size, en wur a varra lieftel market, an et wur a wunder.