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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;
as, a
lazy
stream
.
“The night owl’s lazy flight.”
Shak.
3.
Wicked; vicious.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
B. Jonson.
Syn. – Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See
Idle
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lazy

LA'ZY

,
Adj.
[L. laxus, and it is doubtful whether this is of the same family.]
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.

Definition 2024


lazy

lazy

See also: lažy

English

Adjective

lazy (comparative lazier, superlative laziest)

  1. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
    Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
  2. Causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
    I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
  3. Sluggish; slow-moving.
    We strolled along beside a lazy stream.
  4. Lax:
    1. Droopy.
      a lazy-eared rabbit
    2. (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
  5. (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
  6. (computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
    a lazy algorithm
  7. (Britain, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "lazy" is often applied: person, man, woman, bastard, morning, day, time, way.

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Translations

Verb

lazy (third-person singular simple present lazies, present participle lazying, simple past and past participle lazied)

  1. (informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner

References

  1. lazy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  2. lazy” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.