desidiose

D2E1S1I1D2I1O1S1E1

adjective

idle; lazy

OriginLatin desidiosus →
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Meanings

adjectivedesidiose (comparative more desidiose, superlative most desidiose)

comparative more desidiose · superlative most desidiose

  1. obsoleteidle; lazy

    There is no doubt that such a lady, when busily engaged in making "stirabout" for her family, would hasten the movements of a desidiose boy by applying the implement she was wielding to his sconce

    1844, Thomas Ewbank, The Spoon

Origin

  1. Latindesidiosus
  2. Englishdesidiose

From Latin desidiosus, from desidia (“a sitting idle”).

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APA

desidiose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desidiose

MLA

“desidiose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desidiose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desidiose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desidiose.

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