layaboutn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪəbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/

Etymology: < lay v.¹ 43 + about prep.¹ 10.

An habitual loafer, idler, or tramp. Also attributive or as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

1932 G. S. Moncrieff Café Bar viii. 78 These layabouts were rotters.

1932 S. Pearson To Streets & Back xxiv. 234 The ‘down and outs’ in Hyde Park are permanent ‘layabouts’.

1959 Punch 19 Aug. 57/1 He simply uses any old-fashioned plot about layabout art-lecturers getting mixed up with funny spies.

1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party (1960) 81 Keep an eye open for low-lives [sic], for schnorrers and for layabouts. He didn't mention names.

1961 John o' London's 21 Sept. 327/1 A colourful tour of layabout London.

1968 New Scientist 2 May 217/2 Those of us gifted by nature with inertia but maligned by society as layabouts.

1972 D. Haston In High Places ii. 35 There was another strong twosome..in the hut, otherwise only student layabouts left.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	layabout
释义	layaboutn. Brit. /ˈleɪəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/ Etymology: < lay v.¹ 43 + about prep.¹ 10. An habitual loafer, idler, or tramp. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 1932 G. S. Moncrieff Café Bar viii. 78 These layabouts were rotters. 1932 S. Pearson To Streets & Back xxiv. 234 The ‘down and outs’ in Hyde Park are permanent ‘layabouts’. 1959 Punch 19 Aug. 57/1 He simply uses any old-fashioned plot about layabout art-lecturers getting mixed up with funny spies. 1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party (1960) 81 Keep an eye open for low-lives [sic], for schnorrers and for layabouts. He didn't mention names. 1961 John o' London's 21 Sept. 327/1 A colourful tour of layabout London. 1968 New Scientist 2 May 217/2 Those of us gifted by nature with inertia but maligned by society as layabouts. 1972 D. Haston In High Places ii. 35 There was another strong twosome..in the hut, otherwise only student layabouts left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1932
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