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dawdlesome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English dawdle Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English dawdlesome From dawdle + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by dawdling.
   • “Sure don't see Ms. Allsbury's group? Probably moved on to their second observation. Less dawdlesome than us. Anyhow! We can conference right here. So? How about if you started us off? Mr. Besserian?” 2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan:
   • Mrs Parsons was as brisk as her husband was dawdlesome, and as plump and perky as he was slow. 2002, Barbara Euphan Todd, Worzel Gummidge:
   • By setting the timer for short increments (5 to 15 minutes) for the duration of any potentially dawdlesome task— phone calls, filing, sorting through piles of paper—Chaos Creators can gain a more realistic sense of the limits of their time (and perhaps other people's, too). 2000, Harriet Schechter, Conquering Chaos at Work:

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