different between idle vs inconstant
idle
English
Etymology
From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English ?del, from Proto-Germanic *?dalaz. Cognate with Dutch ijdel (“vain, meaningless”), German Low German iedel (“vain, idle”), German eitel (“vain, conceited”), and possibly Old Norse illr ("bad"; > English ill).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ??d(?)l, IPA(key): /?a?d(?)l/
- Rhymes: -a?d?l
- Homophones: idol, idyll, idyl (US pronunciation)
Adjective
idle (comparative more idle, superlative most idle)
- (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!”
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ford to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (of no importance): pointless
- See also Thesaurus:lazy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
idle (third-person singular simple present idles, present participle idling, simple past and past participle idled)
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- to idle in an IRC channel
- 1939, Joan Evans, Chateaubriand (page 32)
- He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
Derived terms
- idler
Related terms
- (sense 3) idling speed
Translations
Noun
idle (plural idles)
- The state of idling, of being idle.
- (gaming) An idle animation.
- (gaming) An idle game.
- Synonyms: idle game, incremental game
References
- idle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- idle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- idle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Diel, deli, diel, eild, lied
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inconstant
English
Alternative forms
- inconstaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French inconstant
Adjective
inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)
- Not constant; wavering.
- Unfaithful to a lover.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From in- +? constant.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /i?.kons?tant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i?.kuns?tan/
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
inconstant (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)
- inconstant
- Antonym: constant
Related terms
- inconstància
Further reading
- “inconstant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inconstant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From in- +? constant.
Adjective
inconstant (feminine singular inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)
- inconstant
Further reading
- “inconstant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French inconstant.
Adjective
inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstant?, masculine plural inconstan?i, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)
- inconstant
Declension
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