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lazy |
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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