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lazy

adj
/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/US/ˈlæɪziː/

Etymology

Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”). Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush. An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay.

  1. derived from *las-✻ — “weak”
  2. derived from *lasiwaz✻
  3. derived from lask
  4. derived from lasich — “slack, feeble, lazy”

Definitions

  1. Unwilling to do work or make an effort

    Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

    • Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
    • "I'm too lazy," he said. "My wife says I'm the laziest man in all Oz, and she is a truthful woman. I hate work of any kind, and making a raft is hard work."

  2. Causing or characterised by idleness

    Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

    • I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

  3. Showing a lack of effort or care.

    • lazy writing
    • So it was this beautiful young woman Rokoff had been persecuting. Tarzan wondered in a lazy sort of way whom she might be, and what relations one so lovely could have with the surly, bearded Russian.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Sluggish

      Sluggish; slow-moving.

      • We strolled along beside a lazy stream.

    2. Lax

      Lax:

      • a lazy-eared rabbit

    3. Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

      • There was probably more cattle bearing the Lazy S brand marketed than those of any other ranch in the world.
      • The Zuliagas branded a Lazy B. In order to distinguish his cows from theirs for the drive back to Arizona, Mr. Day added a britchen brand across their butts, under their tails.

    4. Employing lazy evaluation

      Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

      • a lazy algorithm

    5. Wicked

      Wicked; vicious.

      • The swilland dropsy enter in The lazy cuke , and swell his skin

    6. To laze, act in a lazy manner.

      • “Go to sea,” muttered Mr. Unity Peach. “Work for your living—don’t lazy away your time here!”
      • You’d see a muddy sow and a litter of pigs come lazying along the street and whollop herself right down in the way, where folks had to walk around her […]
      • That same afternoon we were lazying around in a boat among the water-lilies at the edge of the bay.

    7. A lazy person.

      • The “lazies” of the party seized the opportunity of remaining behind—wandering, as they said, though all the cross paths were marked.
      • Which myth of the Greek crisis would you like to debunk? — That the Greeks are a nation of lazies on a permanent vacation; that austerity measures, as they were implemented, were proportionally distributed or worth the sacrifice.

    8. Sloth (animal).

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lazy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lazy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at lazy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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