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Webster 1913 Edition
Sedentary
1.
Accustomed to sit much or long;
“Sedentary, scholastic sophists.” as, a
. sedentary
manBp. Warburton.
2.
Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting;
as, a
. sedentary
employment; a sedentary
lifeAny education that confined itself to
sedentary
pursuits was essentially imperfect. Beaconsfield.
3.
Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
[R.]
“The sedentary earth.” Milton.
The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss,
sedentary
nature. Spectator.
4.
Caused by long sitting.
[Obs.]
“Sedentary numbness.” Milton.
5.
(Zool.)
Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object;
as, the oyster is a
. sedentary
mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary
crustaceansSedentary spider
(Zool.)
, one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sedentary
SED'ENTARY
,Adj.
1. Accustomed to sit much, or to pass most of the time in a sitting posture; as a sedentary man. Students, taylors and women are sedentary persons.
2. Requiring much sitting; as a sedentary occupation or employment.
3. Passed for the most part in sitting; as a sedentary life.
4. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; as the sedentary earth.
The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss sedentary nature.
Spectator.
Definition 2024
sedentary
sedentary
English
Adjective
sedentary (comparative more sedentary, superlative most sedentary)
- Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
- The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
- (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.
- Bishop Warburton
- Sedentary, scholastic sophists.
- Beaconsfield
- Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
- Bishop Warburton
- (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
- Milton
- The sedentary earth.
- Spectator
- The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
- Milton
- (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
- Milton
- Sedentary numbness.
- Milton
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
not moving, not migratory
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not moving much; sitting around
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