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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
``The night owl's lazy flight.'' --Shak.
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3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
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Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great
extension, originally made for picking up something at a
distance, now variously applied in machinery.
Syn: Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.
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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) 2.0 : [ 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]
[also: laziest, lazier]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
laziest
See lazy
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
laziest
a.
(en-superlative of: lazy)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
laziest
a.
(en-superlative of: lazy)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
laziest
a.
(en-superlative of: lazy)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
laziest
a.
(en-superlative of: lazy)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
laziest
Engelska a.
(böjning en adj lazy)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Laziest /lˈeɪziɪst/ أشدّ كسلاFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
laziest /lˈeɪziɪst/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]nejlenivější
laziest /lˈeɪziɪst/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]nejlínější
laziest /lˈeɪziɪst/ am faulsten, am langsamsten, am trägsten see: lazy, lazierFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈɫeɪziəst/