Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To laze, act in a lazy manner.
A lazy person. · Sloth (animal).
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. · Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely. · Showing a lack of effort or care. · Sluggish; slow-moving.
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”), German lässig (“casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going”), 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.
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- Derivation mentionlasichgml · slack, feeble, lazy
- Derivation mentionlaskosx
- Derivation mention*lasiwazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*las-ine-pro · weak
- Cognate mentionleuzignl · lazy
- Cognate mentionlässigde · casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going
- Cognate mentionlasinnnon · limpy, tired, weak
- Cognate mentionlesuang
- Word-formation componentlaysen
- Word-formation component-yen
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