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LAZYING
Verb
lazying
present participle of lazy
Source: Wiktionary
LAZY
La"zy, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] Etym: [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]
1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.
2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." Shak.
3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.
Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.
Syn.
– Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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