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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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nugatory
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin n?g?t?rius
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nju???t??i/
Adjective
nugatory (comparative more nugatory, superlative most nugatory)
- Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
- 1872, Benjamin Disraeli, Suez Canal Speech
- I might refer to the general conviction and the common sense of society that such an investment cannot be treated as absolutely idle and nugatory.
- 1872, Benjamin Disraeli, Suez Canal Speech
- Ineffective, invalid or futile.
- 1792, George Washington, Fourth State of the Union Address
- I can not dismiss the subject of Indian affairs without again recommending to your consideration the expediency of more adequate provision for giving energy to the laws throughout our interior frontier and for restraining the commission of outrages upon the Indians, without which all pacific plans must prove nugatory.
- 1792, George Washington, Fourth State of the Union Address
- (law) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual.
- 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland (17 U.S. 316)
- The word "necessary" is considered as controlling the whole sentence, and as limiting the right to pass laws for the execution of the granted powers to such as are indispensable, and without which the power would be nugatory.
- 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland (17 U.S. 316)
- (computing) Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.
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