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desidiose

desidiose adjective: idle; lazy.

Adjective

desidiose (comparative more desidiose, superlative most desidiose)

  1. (obsolete) idle; lazy
    • There is no doubt that such a lady, when busily engaged in making "stirabout" for her family, would hasten the movements of a desidiose boy by applying the implement she was wielding to his sconce1844, Thomas Ewbank, The Spoon

Forms of desidiose

comparativemore desidiose
superlativemost desidiose

Origin of desidiose

From Latin desidiosus, from desidia (“a sitting idle”).

Questions about desidiose

What does desidiose mean?
Desidiose means idle; lazy.
What part of speech is desidiose?
Desidiose is an adjective.

Words near desidiose in the dictionary

  1. desiderations
  2. desiderative
  3. desideratives
  4. desideratum
  5. Desiderius
  6. desidiose
  7. desidious
  8. desidiousness
  9. desids
  10. desier
  11. desighn

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