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Dolce far niente
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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dolce far niente
1814, from It., lit. "sweet doing nothing." The L. roots are dulcis "sweet" (see dulcet), facere "to make, do," and nec entem, lit. "not a being."
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