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idlesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From idle + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by idleness
   • His other girl was pretty to look at, but lazy and idlesome. She wouldn't do a hand's turn of work. 2000, Marie Campbell, Tales from the Cloud Walking Country:
   • The older heads with idlesome ideas are thinning out, consequently with each new generation will come more and greater accomplishments. 2012, Jennifer Jensen Wallach, John A. Kirk, Arsnick:

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