idleness

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being idle; inactivity.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being indolent; indolence.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈaɪdəlnəs/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English ydelnesse, from Old English īdelnes, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalnassī, equivalent to idle + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian īdelnisse (“idelness”), obsolete Dutch ijdelnis, Old Saxon īdalnussi (“idleness, vanity”), Old High German ītalnissa (“idleness, vanity, emptiness”).

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