lazy
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la·zy 
[ley-zee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est, verb, -zied, -zy·ing.
—Related forms
[ley-zee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est, verb, -zied, -zy·ing. –adjective
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
| 5. | to laze. |
[Origin: 1540–50; cf. LG lasich languid, idle]
] —Related forms
la·zi·ly, adverb
la·zi·ness, noun
la·zy·ish, adjective
—Antonyms 1. industrious. 3. quick.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| la·zy
(lā'zē) Pronunciation Key
adj. la·zi·er, la·zi·est
[Probably of Low German origin.] la'zi·ly adv., la'zi·ness n. Synonyms: These adjectives mean not disposed to exertion, work, or activity: too lazy to wash the dishes; fainéant aristocrats; an idle drifter; an indolent hanger-on; slothful employees. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lazy
lazy
1549, laysy, of unknown origin. Replaced native slack, slothful, and idle as the main word expressing the notion of "averse to work." In 19c. thought to be from lay (v.) as tipsy from tip. Skeat is responsible for the prevailing modern view that it probably comes from Low Ger., cf. M.L.G. laisch "weak, feeble, tired," modern Low Ger. läösig, early modern Du. leuzig, all of which may go back to the PIE root *(s)leg- "slack." According to Weekley, the -z- sound disqualifies a connection with Fr. lassé "tired" or Ger. lassig "lazy, weary, tired." A supposed dialectal meaning "naught, bad," if it is the original sense, may tie the word to O.N. lasenn "dilapidated," lasmøyrr "decrepit, fragile," root of Icelandic las-furða "ailing," las-leiki "ailment." Laze is a back-formation first attested 1592; lazybones is first attested 1592. Lazy Susan is from 1917.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| lazy | |
adjective | |
| 1. | moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace" |
| 2. | disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant] |
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U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Lazy Lake, FL (village, FIPS 39750) Location: 26.15575 N, 80.14535 W
Population (1990): 33 (16 housing units)
Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Lazy Mountain, AK (CDP, FIPS 43260) Location: 61.62618 N, 148.94566 W
Population (1990): 838 (365 housing units)
Area: 107.0 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Lazy
La"zy\, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. --Bacon. 2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." --Shak. 3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson. Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery. Syn: Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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