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lazinesses

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la⋅zy

[ley-zee] adjective, -zi⋅er, -zi⋅est, verb, -zied, -zy⋅ing.
–adjective
1. averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
2. causing idleness or indolence: a hot, lazy afternoon.
3. slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy stream.
4. (of a livestock brand) placed on its side instead of upright.
–verb (used without object)
5. to laze.

Origin:
1540–50; cf. LG lasich languid, idle


la⋅zi⋅ly, adverb
la⋅zi⋅ness, noun
la⋅zy⋅ish, adjective


1. slothful. See idle. 3. inert, inactive, torpid.


1. industrious. 3. quick.
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