lazybones

See also: lazy bones

English

Etymology

lazy +‎ bones

Pronunciation

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Noun

lazybones (plural lazybones)

1. (slang) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 42,

     The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."

   • 1989, The Bible (NRSV), Proverbs 6:9,

     How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?

   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 16. p. 145.

     Isn't it time you got up, you lazybones?

Synonyms

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Translations

person who is lazy

• Arabic: كَسُول m (kasūl)
• Belarusian: гульта́й m (hulʹtáj), лянцю́х m (ljancjúx)
• Bulgarian: хайлазин (bg) m (hajlazin), лентя́й (bg) m (lentjáj), безде́лник (bg) m (bezdélnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懶鬼／懒鬼 (zh) (lǎnguǐ), 懒鬼 (zh) (lǎnguǐ), 懶骨頭／懒骨头 (zh), 懒骨头 (zh) (lǎngǔtou), 懶人／懒人 (zh) (lǎnrén), 懒人 (zh) (lǎnren), 懶蟲／懒虫 (zh) (lǎnchóng), 懒虫 (zh) (lǎnchóng), 懶漢／懒汉 (zh) (lǎnhàn), 懒汉 (zh) (lǎnhàn)

• Czech: lenoch m
• Dutch: luierik (nl) m, luilak (nl) m
• Estonian: laiskvorst
• Finnish: laiskuri (fi), laiskajaakko (fi), laiskamato (fi), tyhjäntoimittaja (fi)
• French: flemmard (fr) m, fainéant (fr) m, fainéante (fr) f
• Galician: nugallán (gl), preguiceiro (gl), lacazán (gl)
• German: Faulpelz (de) m, Faultier (de) n, Faulenzer (de) m
• Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m (tempélis)
• Hungarian: léhűtő
• Icelandic: letingi (is) m
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• Italian: sfaticato (it) m, poltrone (it) m, pigrone m, fannullone (it) m, scansafatiche (it) m or f, sfaccendato (it) m
• Japanese: 怠け者 (ja) (なまけもの, namakemono), 不精者 (ぶしょうもの, bushōmono)
• Korean: 게으름뱅이 (ko) (geeureumbaeng'i)
• Maori: inukorokoro
• Norman: bat-les-banques m, boltaithe m, faîniant m, scoltcheux m
• Polish: leniuch (pl) m
• Portuguese: pessoa preguiçosa
• Russian: лентя́й (ru) m (lentjáj), лентя́йка (ru) f (lentjájka), безде́льник (ru) m (bezdélʹnik), безде́льница (ru) f (bezdélʹnica), ло́дырь (ru) m (lódyrʹ), лежебо́ка (ru) m or f (ležebóka), лоботря́с (ru) m (lobotrjás), лоботря́ска (ru) f (lobotrjáska)
• Slovak: leňoch m
• Spanish: holgazán (es) m
• Swahili: lofa (sw)
• Swedish: latmask (sv) c
• Tagalog: bato ang katawan
• Ukrainian: ле́дар m (lédar)
• Vietnamese: kẻ lười biếng (vi), kẻ biếng nhác (vi)