idleness

Definitions

1. Laziness, idleness.
2. The state of being idle; inactivity.
   countable, uncountable
3. The state of being indolent; indolence.
   countable, uncountable
4. Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie⟳ in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like⟳ Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]”

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