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单词 idlesse
释义

idlessen.

/ˈʌɪdlɪs/
Forms: Also idless.
Etymology: A pseudo-antique formation < idle adj.; see -ess suffix2. Apparently fashioned after humblesse; the 19th cent. romantic use dates from Scott.
archaic.
Idleness, viewed in a poetic or romantic light; dolce far niente.
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society > leisure > [noun]
restingOE
leisure13..
voidnessa1382
remissionc1384
vacationc1386
ease1393
otiosity1483
holiday1526
otiation1589
idlesse1596
vacance1610
playa1616
vacancya1616
remissness1624
recess1644
otium cum dignitate1729
dolce far niente1814
disoccupation1834
otium1850
non-work1855
kef1864
toillessness1877
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa6v My daies I haue not lewdly spent, Nor spilt the blossome of my tender yeares In ydlesse . View more context for this quotation
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. v As Idless fancied in her dreaming mood.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. ii. 10 The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxxxiv. 107 Who thus..Hast sooth'd thine idlesse with inglorious lays.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. iv. 164 The game..which amused the idlesse of that age.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 38 Necks soften of oxen in idlesse.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 12 Till Norman idlesse stock our England too?
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