desidious

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English

Etymology

An alteration of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēsidiōsus (“slothful”), from dēsidia (“idleness, indolence, sloth”), from dēsideō (“I sit idle”), from dē (“completely, thoroughly”) + sedeō (“I sit”); compare desidiose.

Adjective

desidious (comparative more desidious, superlative most desidious)

  1. (obsolete) Lazy, idle, slothful.
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