A general term of opprobrium, reproach, or abuse, implying either dullness and incapacity, or idleness and rascality; a sluggard, vagabond, ‘loafer’…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer (64) lurdanc1330 A general term of opprobrium, reproach, or abuse, implying either dullness and incapacity, or idleness and rascality; a sluggard, vagabond, ‘loafer’… player1340 Originally: †a reveller, a merrymaker (obsolete). Now more generally: a person engaged in recreation or amusement rather than work. rare after 16th… moochera1425 A person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer. Also: an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief. loon?c1450 A worthless person; a rogue, scamp (esp. in false loon, to play the loon); a sluggard, idler. lounger?a1513 One who lounges, an idler, a do-nothing. idler1534 One who idles or is idle; one who spends his time in idleness; an indolent person. rest man1542 a person who leads an inactive life. holiday-woman1548 a man or woman taking a holiday, an idler or trifler. baty bummill1568 A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. bummill baty, n., batie bum, n., blaitie bum, n. bummill baty1568 A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. baty bummill, n., batie bum, n., blaitie bum, n. friar-fly?1577 an idler. idol1579 An inert inactive person (who has the form, without the proper activity or energy, of a man). = French idole, but in English naturally associated… lingerer1579 One who, or that which, lingers, tarries, etc.; †a dawdler, idler; †one who hankers (after). loll1582 One who lolls; an idle person. Also, a thing that lolls, e.g. a tongue. idleby1589 An idle fellow; a loafer. shit-rags1598 (a term of abuse for) a lazy person. blaitie bum1602 A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. batie bum, n., baty bummill, n., bummill baty, n. idle1635 An idle person, idler. Obsolete. Lollard1635 Used for: One who lolls; an idler. Obsolete. rare. loiterer1684 One who loiters (see senses of the verb); †a vagabond, ‘sturdy beggar’. saunterer1688 One who saunters; a lounger; †a dawdler, trifler. scobberlotchera1697 An idler. (So explained in context of quot. 1697.) bumble1786 Scottish. A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. baty bummill, n., bummill baty, n. Obsolete. quisby1789 A wretch; an idle person. doing quisby: idling, not working. waffler1805 An unreliable person; an idler or waverer. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. shoat1808 transferred. An idle worthless person. loafer1830 One who spends his time in idleness. bummer1855 Chiefly U.S. A vagrant or loafer who lives by begging or scrounging from others. Cf. bum, n.6 3a. dead beat1863 A worthless idler who sponges on his friends; a sponger, loafer; also (originally Australian), a man down on his luck. Also attributive. Cf. beat, n.1… bum1864 A tramp, a vagrant; a habitual loafer; a beggar; a scrounger. Cf. bummer, n.3 scowbanker1864 A loafer (see quots.). Also, †a person who engages in unfair business practices, a dishonest or unscrupulous trader. schnorrer1875 Originally: a beggar. Now: a scrounger, a freeloader; a layabout, a good-for-nothing. scowbank1881 = scowbanker, n. ikey1906 Used typically for: a Jew or someone taken to be or resembling a Jew; also, a (Jewish) receiver, moneylender, etc.; transferred, a loafer; a tip… layabout1932 An habitual loafer, idler, or tramp. Also attributive or as adj. lie-about1937 an idle person, one of no fixed occupation, a disreputable ‘character’; = layabout, n. spine-basher1946 a loafer. limer1964 An idler; a person who hangs about idly with others, esp. on the street or in public. Subcategories:— mock title (1) — a gathering of (1) — in specific place (16) — watching fire (1) — watching television (4) — fashionable (3) |
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