lazy

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
2. Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
3. Showing a lack of effort or care.
4. Sluggish; slow-moving.
5. Lax:
6. Lax:
7. Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
8. Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
9. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Wicked; vicious.

Verb

To laze, act in a lazy manner.

Noun

1. A lazy person.
2. (obsolete) Sloth (animal).

Concetti

pigro

ozioso

accidioso

floscio

pigra

svogliato

indolente

ignavo

indifferente

languido

lasso

😫

letargico

neghittoso

poltrone

scansafatiche

senza lavoro

unto

vagabondo

infingardo

nullafacente

senza un compito

disoccupato

grassoso

grasso

negligente

appeso

bighellone

caduto

fannullone

sinonimi

idle

indolent

slothful

sluggish

slow

inactive

weak

languid

slack

lethargic

careless

otiose

work-shy

shiftless

dull

listless

tired

😫

be lazy

useless

sluggard

idler

lounge about

good-for-nothing

loaf

inert

faineant

be idle

lazy person

be tired

vagabond

do-nothing

slacker

rotten

reluctant

tardy

loafer

negligent

fatigued

indifferent

passive

exertion

evil-minded

demoralized

even-tempered

equanimous

cruel

effeminate

easy-going

corrupt

incompetent

Traduzioni

paresseux

faul

perezoso

lui

träge

preguiçoso

fainéant

tembel

haragán

τεμπέλης

flojo

ocioso

piger

paresseuse

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈleɪzi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine olandese: leuzig

Affine norse antico: lasinn

Affine inglese antico: lesu

In summary

Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”).
Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush.
An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay.