attributive or as adj. Of, belonging to, or used on, a holiday; befitting a holiday, festive, gay, sportive; superior to the ordinary workaday…
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释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity (11) holidayc1450 attributive or as adj. Of, belonging to, or used on, a holiday; befitting a holiday, festive, gay, sportive; superior to the ordinary workaday… wantonizing1599 That provokes wanton behaviour; that behaves in a wanton manner. peddling1613 Of a person: occupied with things of little consequence or value; trifling, petty, ineffectual. Obsolete. poking1748 = poky, adj. (in various senses). Now rare. pottering1826 Of a person, etc.: that potters; slow-moving, feeble, ineffectual. poky1828 Unstimulating, dull; concerned with petty matters or narrow interests; dawdling, slow. Cf. poking, adj. 2. Now chiefly North American. piffling1848 Inconsequential, trivial; derisory. puttering1855 Of a person: that putters; slow-moving, ineffectual; that works in a dabbling or desultory manner; = pottering, adj. 2. footering1859 Clumsy, awkward; trivial, insignificant. tiddlywinking1869 (a) trifling, pottering; (b) the activity of playing tiddlywinks. frivolling1882 |
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