loll
English
Etymology
From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”),[1] though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /lɒl/
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- Rhymes: -ɒl
Audio (UK): (file)
Verb
loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)
- (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
- 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, →OCLC, page 251:
- And think'ſt thou, Jove himſelf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ſupine in State, / And leaves his Bus'neſs to be done by Fate?
- 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 25 March 2014:
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but [Ice Age:] Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, →OCLC, page 251:
- (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]
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- 1975, Susan Cooper, “Cadfan’s Way”, in The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising Sequence; 4), London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2007 May, →ISBN, part 1 (The Golden Harp), page 21:
- Crouching on its stomach, the dog moved with him, teeth glittering, tongue lolling.
- (transitive, intransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
- The ox stood lolling in the furrow.
- 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:
- The combatants with rage most horrible
Strove, and their eyes started with cracking stare,
And impotent their tongues they lolled into the air,
Flaccid and foamy, like a mad dog’s hanging; […]
- 2011 September, Anna Solomon, chapter 30, in The Little Bride: A Novel, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 307:
- [W]hen he saw the hundreds of heads of cattle lolling their greedy way through his grass, he ran towards them wildly, waving his arms, screaming.
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References
- ^ “lollen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2017.
Estonian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Cognate to Votic lollo (“fool, idiot”) and dialectal Finnish lolli (“fool; stupid, fat, lazy”).
Adjective
loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli, comparative lollim, superlative kõige lollim)
Noun
loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)
Declension
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See also
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leh₂-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle Dutch
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒl
- Rhymes:English/ɒl/1 syllable
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian adjectives
- Estonian nouns