lazy
English
/ˈleɪzi/
adj
Definitions
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
- Showing a lack of effort or care.
- Sluggish; slow-moving.
- Lax:
- (of a) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
- (comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
- (UK) Wicked; vicious.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German lasich (slack, lazy, feeble) derived from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz (weak, false, unreliable) derived from Proto-Indo-European *las- (eager, weak, covetous, be willing) affix from English lays.
Origin
English
lays
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Web English
- back English
- bed English
- bones English
- boy English
- butt English
- lays English
- lazily English
- laziness English
- lazy-bed English
- lazyback English
- lazybones English
- lazyboy English
- lazybutt English
- lazyish English
- lazyitis English
- lazyload English
- lazyweb English
- load English
- nonlazy English
- unlazy English
- lascivus Latin
- leuzig Dutch, Flemish
- loos Dutch, Flemish
- λιλαίομαι Ancient Greek
- *lai- Proto-Indo-European
- *las- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁s- Proto-Indo-European
- *lasiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *lasiwą Proto-Germanic
- लषति Sanskrit
- losich Middle Dutch
- lasich Middle Low German
- les Tok Pisin
- ulesi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- 𐌋𐌀𐌓 Etruscan