livelihood
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Is livelihood a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate.Examples: "Then ſayde Peter: Ananias how is it that ſatan hath filled thyne hert thatt thou ſhuldeſt lye vnto the holy gooſt and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off the lyvelod[…]?"archaiccountableuncountable
2. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.Examples: "[…] the tiranny of her ſorrowes takes all liuelihood from her cheeke."countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.Examples: "wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child & his name is sir Ector & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys"countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary