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单词 loafing
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loafingn.

/ˈləʊfɪŋ/
Etymology: < loaf v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of loaf v.1 Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > behaviour
lomperingc1315
truandisea1400
sleuthingc1450
slugging1532
truanting1532
lusking1579
concessation1623
lazinga1626
lounging1793
loafing1838
bumming1857
mooch1859
loaf1860
sluggarding1864
flânerie1873
slobbery1912
spine-bashing1941
slobbing1960
lepak1993
lepaking1994
1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches ii. 34 One night, Mr. Dabbs came home from his ‘loafing’ place—for he ‘loafs’ of an evening like the generality of people—that being the most popular and the cheapest amusement extant.
1846 Simmonds's Colonial Mag. 9 41 Practices of this kind come properly under the head of ‘loafing’ (living idly on other people), as defined in the American vocabulary.
1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xli Shoeblacks are compelled to a great deal of unavoidable ‘loafing’.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Oct. There is..a public news-room, and a public loafing-hall.
1883 A. M. Gow Primer Politeness 214 The trouble began with loafing; loafing led to blackguarding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

loafingadj.

/ˈləʊfɪŋ/
Etymology: < loaf v.2 + -ing suffix2.
That loafs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing
loiteringa1533
truanting1635
sauntering1672
dawdling1773
shackling1788
lounging1789
louting1836
lubbering1837
loafing1857
mitching1857
scowbanking1868
shacking1881
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 37 A half-gipsey, poaching, loafing fellow.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 222 Loafing vagabonds, who would pick your pocket.

Derivatives

ˈloafingly adv. in a loafing manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb]
slewfully1340
untyȝtelc1400
slothlya1425
nicely1440
idly1487
sleuthfully1488
slothfully?1529
luskishly1530
litherly1550
lazily1587
indolently1707
loungingly1799
truantly1822
loafingly1860
lotophagously1882
1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 367 The shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

> as lemmas

ˈloafing
ˈloafing n. (in 9 loaving).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > head > forming a head
cabbaging1670
buttoning1799
loafing1818
1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 95 The cabbages..were..earlier in loaving, than any of the rest of the plot.
extracted from loafv.1
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n.1838adj.1857
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