9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective causing or able to cause nausea
adjective highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
originFrom Middle English lothsum, from Old English *lāþsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam, equivalent to loath + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).
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