dolce far niente

[ dawl-che fahr nyen-te ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Italian.

dolce far niente

/ ˈdoltʃe far ˈnjɛnte /

Literally, “(it is) sweet to do nothing”

literally: sweet doing nothing

Take long doses of dolce far niente, and be in no great hurry about anything in this 'varsal world!

Unless one is brought up to it, the Dolce far niente is not an existence we enjoy.

It was lying in the boy's hand, with a sort of contented dolce far niente expression on its face.

The baron's fire was just in this delightful da capo condition, most favorable of all to the enjoyment of the dolce far niente.

But the whole party is stricken with "camp-fever," "Indian laziness," the dolce far niente.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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