different between rusk vs lusk

English

Etymology

Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)

1. a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
   • 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.

2. a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
3. a weaning food for children
4. a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture

Synonyms

• Brussels biscuit
• twice-baked bread
• zwieback

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

Compare Old Norse rosk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??sk]

Noun

rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)

1. waste, rubbish, garbage

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ruske.

Noun

rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)

1. waste, rubbish, garbage

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Old Norse ruskr

Noun

rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)

1. a large specimen of something

Etymology 2

From ruske.

Noun

rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)

1. waste, dust

Etymology 3

Related to ruse.

Noun

rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)

1. sour weather with rain and wind; drizzle

Etymology 4

Likely from ruske.

Adjective

rusk (masculine and feminine rusk, neuter ruskt, definite singular and plural ruske, comparative ruskare, indefinite superlative ruskast, definite superlative ruskaste)

1. crazy

References

• Entry “rusk” in: Bokmålsordboka / Nynorskordboka by Universitetet i Oslo & Språkrådet.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Cognate with Danish rysk, Swedish rysk, Nilandian ryskr, Smalandian ryskig, rysket, Norwegian rysk, rusk.

Adjective

rusk

1. crazy

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse l?skr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?yd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Adjective

lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)

1. lazy or slothful
2. (Britain, dialectal) full; ripe

Noun

lusk (plural lusks)

1. a lazy or slothful person

   (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Kendall to this entry?)

Verb

lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)

1. (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

Anagrams

• sulk

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lusk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lusk]
• Hyphenation: lusk

Noun

lusk m inan

1. pod (of a leguminous plant)

Declension

Further reading

• lusk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lusk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

lusk

1. sneaky acts; covert operations
   • 2017, Knud H. Thomsen, Borgmesteren i Monteporco, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN

     Allerede da jeg førte mit regiment i Abessinien og indtog byen Sokota, mærkede jeg, at der var noget lusk. Ikke et menneske at se! Aha, tænkte jeg, snigskytter på tagene, dynamit i kældrene, masser af bevæbnede sorte bag næste hjørne.

   • 2016, Inge Fischer Sørensen, Det sku' være så godt!, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN

     »Der er lusk i foretagendet!« Rie kneb det ene øje i og troede, at hun så fiffig ud. »Det lugter langt væk af lusk.«

   • 2016, Anders Westenholz, Tale er guld: Mere om over- og undertoner i den daglige samtale, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN

     En tilhører kan få mistanke om, at der er lusk i foretagendet – og mistanken forstærkes, når Brian – helt atypisk – klart giver til kende, at han har lektier for.

Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

• luske
• luskebuks
• lusket

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lusk?.

Noun

l?sk m inan

1. (botany) silique

Derived terms

• luš?ek

Further reading

• “lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran