English Explanatory Dictionary

linnow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Flexible, supple.

Word forms

linnow more linnow most linnow lennow

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from West Midland Middle English lengh, lenghe (“length”), with vocalisation of final /x/ and the original meaning being "lengthy, slender", though some trace of both the formal and semantic development would be expected already in Middle English.

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