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Webster 1913 Edition
Lazy
La′zy
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Lazier
; sup
erl.
Laziest
.] [OE.
lasie
, laesic
, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las
tired, L. lassus
, akin to E. late
; or cf. LG. losig
, lesig
.] 1.
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Bacon.
2.
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish;
“The night owl’s lazy flight.” as, a
. lazy
streamShak.
3.
Wicked; vicious.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
B. Jonson.
Syn. – Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See
Idle
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lazy
LA'ZY
,Adj.
1.
Disinclined to action or exertion; naturally or habitually slothful; sluggish; indolent; averse to labor; heavy in motion.Wicked men will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy and spend victuals.
2.
Slow; moving slowly or apparently with labor; as a lazy stream.The night-owl's lazy flight.