different between leasure vs leisure

English

Noun

leasure (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of leisure.

English

Etymology

From Middle English leyser, from Anglo-Norman leisir, variant of Old French loisir (“to enjoy oneself”) (Modern French loisir survives as a noun), substantive use of a verb, from Latin lic?re (“be permitted”). Displaced native Middle English lethe (“leisure”) (from Old English liþian (“to unloose, release”), compare Old English l?þung (“permission”)), Middle English tom, toom (“leisure”) (from Old Norse t?m (“leisure, ease”), compare Old English t?m (“free from”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General South African)
  • IPA^(key): /?l???(?)/, /?li???(?)/ (extremely old fashioned)
  • Rhymes: -???(?)
• (US, Canada)
  • IPA^(key): /?li????/
  • Rhymes: -i???(?)
  • (rarely) IPA^(key): /?l????/

Noun

leisure (countable and uncountable, plural leisures)

1. Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
2. Free time, time free from work or duties.
   • 1672, William Temple, An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government

     The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.

   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 11

     Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment.

   • 1908, William David Ross (translator), Aristotle, Metaphysics

     This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.

3. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Related terms

• at leisure
• leisurely

Translations

See also

• ease
• recreation

Further reading

• leisure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia