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Lackadaisical
Lack`a*dai"si*cal\, a. [From Lackadaisy, interj.] Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.
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lackadaisical
1768, from interjection lackadaisy "alas, alack" (1748), an alteration of lack-a-day (1695), from alack the day. Hence, "given to crying 'lack-a-day,' vapidly sentimental." Sense probably altered by infl. of lax.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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