laziness

Variant of lazy

adjective lazier, laziest

  1. not eager or willing to work or exert oneself; indolent; slothful
  2. slow and heavy; sluggish: a lazy river
  3. tending to cause laziness: a lazy day
  4. ☆ designating or of a letter or figure placed on its side in a livestock brand

Origin: Early ModE, prob. < MLowG or MDu, as in MLowG lasich, slack, loose < IE les-, slack, tired, akin to base *lēi-: see late

intransitive verb, transitive verb lazied, lazying

laze

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