Meaning

noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

noun relaxed and easy activity

noun apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

originEtymology tree English lazy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English laziness From lazy + -ness.

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