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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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somnolent
English
Etymology
First attested in 1615. Borrowed from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *supnós (“dream”), which both are derived from *swep-.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?mn?l?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??mn?l?nt/
Adjective
somnolent (comparative more somnolent, superlative most somnolent)
- Drowsy or sleepy.
- (dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness.
- Synonyms: soporific; see also Thesaurus:soporific
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin somnolentus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /som.no?lent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /sum.nu?len/
Adjective
somnolent (feminine somnolenta, masculine plural somnolents, feminine plural somnolentes)
- sleepy, drowsy
Related terms
- somni
- somnolència
- son
Further reading
- “somnolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Old French sompnolent, borrowed from Latin somnolentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?m.n?.l??/
Adjective
somnolent (feminine singular somnolente, masculine plural somnolents, feminine plural somnolentes)
- drowsy (inclined to drowse)
Verb
somnolent
- third-person plural present indicative of somnoler
- third-person plural present subjunctive of somnoler
Further reading
- “somnolent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French somnolent, from Latin somnolentus.
Adjective
somnolent m or n (feminine singular somnolent?, masculine plural somnolen?i, feminine and neuter plural somnolente)
- sleepy
Declension
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