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laziness|ˈleɪzɪnɪs|
[f. lazy a. + -ness.]
The quality of being lazy; aversion or indisposition to exert oneself; slothfulness, sluggishness.
1580in Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. vii. 12 Such laesinesse both lewd and poore attonce him made. 1601Sir W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca (1631) 38 Laysines the yonger brother of idlenes. 1631Gouge God's Arrows i. Ded. 8 Even in leisure lasinesse is to be shunned. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 394 The pride, indolence, and laziness of the Spaniards. 1816T. Moore Let. 1 July in Mem. (1856) VIII. 216 It is not right that you and I, what⁓ever may be our respective lazinesses, should continue so long without hearing from each other. 1869Spurgeon J. Ploughm. Talk 7 Every man ought to have patience and pity for poverty; but for laziness, a long whip. |