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Liss¹

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).

Liss²

Where it comes from

A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.

proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

liss³

Where it comes from

From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.

    Similar: relief, solace, alleviation, comfort, consolation, ease, mercy, liss, release, respite

  2. obsolete, uncountable Comfort; happiness.

    Similar: cheeriness, contentment, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance

  3. UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable A respite from pain.

liss⁴

Where it comes from

From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above.

verb lisses · lissing · lissed

  1. obsolete, transitive To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
  2. UK, dialectal, obsolete To cease; stop.

LISS⁵

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging.

    Opposite: HIIT, HIT

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@misc{liss_2026,
  title = {liss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}