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idlehood

noun

Etymology

From idle + -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”).

  1. inherited from idelhed — “vanity”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being idle

    The state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.

    • Planned Idlehood
    • […] laborers contented with their condition, lest they should grow dissatisfied and refuse to work any longer to support a certain number of their fellow beings is a state of idlehood; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA