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SEDENTARY
sedentary
(adjective) requiring sitting or little activity; “forced by illness to lead a sedentary life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sedentary (comparative more sedentary, superlative most sedentary)
Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
(anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
(medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.
(obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
(obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
Synonyms
• (not moving): immobile, motionless, torpid; see also stationary
• (living in a fixed geographical location): settled, non-migratory
• (sitting around): chairborne, sitsome
• (inactive): abeyant, cessant, dormant; see also inactive
Antonyms
• (living in a fixed geographical location): migratory
• (sitting around): active
• (inactive): active
Noun
sedentary (plural sedentaries)
a sedentary person
Anagrams
• yearnedst
Source: Wiktionary
Sed"en*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit: cf. F. seédentaire. See Sedent.]
1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. "Sedentary, scholastic sophists." Bp. Warburton.
2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life. Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. Beaconsfield.
3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. [R.] "The sedentary earth." Milton. The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature. Spectator.
4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] "Sedentary numbness." Milton.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. Sedentary spider (Zoöl.), one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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