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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Origin uncertain; compare Low German lässig (‘lazy’).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
lazy (comparative lazier, superlative laziest)
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort.
- Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
- Requiring little or no effort.
- lazy port
- Relaxed or leisurely.
- I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
- (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
- (cattle brands) Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.
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unwilling to work
- Afrikaans: lui af(af)
- Albanian: përtac sq(sq), dembel sq(sq)
- Arabic: كسلان ar(ar) (kaslān)
- Egyptian Arabic: كسلان (kaslān)
- Armenian: ծույլ hy(hy) (çuyl)
- Bosnian: lenj bs(bs) m., lenja bs(bs) f.
- Catalan: mandrós ca(ca) m., mandrosa ca(ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懶惰 cmn(cmn), 懒惰 cmn(cmn) (lǎnduò), 懶 cmn(cmn), 懒 cmn(cmn) (lǎn)
- Crimean Tatar: erinçek, tenbel
- Croatian: lijen hr(hr) m., lijena hr(hr) f.
- Czech: líný cs(cs) m.
- Danish: doven da(da)
- Dutch: lui nl(nl)
- Esperanto: pigra eo(eo), mallaborema eo(eo)
- Ewe: kuvia
- Finnish: laiska fi(fi)
- French: paresseux fr(fr) m., paresseuse fr(fr) f.
- German: faul de(de)
- Hindi: आलसी hi(hi) (ālasī)
- Hungarian: lusta hu(hu)
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requiring little or no effort
eye: squinting because of weak muscles
cattle brands: horizontal
