2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [OE.
lasie, laesic of uncertain origin; cf F. las tired, L.
lassus akin to E. late; or cf LG losig, lesig.]
1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;
shirking work --Bacon.
2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as a lazy stream.
``The night owl's lazy flight.'' --Shak.
3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lazy
adj 1: moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white
clouds"; "at a lazy pace"
2: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose
rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on";
"too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth";
"slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily
work-shy" [syn: {faineant}, {indolent}, {otiose}, {slothful},
{work-shy}]
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