LAZINESS

sloth, laziness, acedia

(noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

laziness

(noun) relaxed and easy activity; “the laziness of the day helped her to relax”

indolence, laziness

(noun) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laziness (countable and uncountable, plural lazinesses)

The quality of being lazy

Source: Wiktionary


La"zi*ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being lazy. Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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