idleness
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ydelnesse, from Old English īdelnes, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalnassī, equivalent to idle + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian īdelnisse (“idelness”), obsolete Dutch ijdelnis, Old Saxon īdalnussi (“idleness, vanity”), Old High German ītalnissa (“idleness, vanity, emptiness”).
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Noun[edit]
idleness (countable and uncountable, plural idlenesses)
- The state of being idle; inactivity.
- The state of being indolent; indolence.
- Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.
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Translations[edit]
state of being idle; inactivity
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state of being indolent
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groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality
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