liss

Meanings

Noun

• Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.
• Comfort; happiness.
• A respite from pain.

Verb

• To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
• To cease; stop.

Origin

• From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs, from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō, from Proto-Indo-European *lent-. Cognate with Danish lise ("solace, relief"), Swedish lisa. Related to Old English līþe. See lithe.
• From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan, from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa. See above.