désoeuvré

adjective

Unemployed; unoccupied, idle.

OriginFrench désœuvré →
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Meanings

adjectivedésoeuvré (comparative more désoeuvré, superlative most désoeuvré)

comparative more désoeuvré · superlative most désoeuvré

  1. Unemployed; unoccupied, idle.

    They had been stopped at the dazio coming back, and the young officials there, who seemed impudent and désœuvré, had tried to search their reticules.

    1908, EM Forster, A Room With A View, Penguin, published 2018, page 43

Origin

  1. Frenchdésœuvré
  2. Englishdésoeuvré

From French désœuvré.

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APA

désoeuvré. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9soeuvr%C3%A9

MLA

“désoeuvré.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9soeuvr%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “désoeuvré,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9soeuvr%C3%A9.

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