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idlehood

idlehood noun: the state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.

Noun

idlehood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.
    • It is but too clearly proved and too sadly illustrated in the experience and lives of many ministers, who lay down, half gladly, half reluctantly, the weapons of the old struggle whenever the shelter of the manse is gained - who allow the old ideals of self - culture and self-discipline to fade...1883, The United Presbyterian Magazine, volume 27, page 88
    • Planned Idlehood1960, Catholic World, volume 191, page 197

idlehood meaning in Tamil

idlehood in Tamil

சோம்பேறி

Examples of idlehood in a sentence

  • […] laborers contented with their condition, lest they should grow dissatisfied and refuse to work any longer to support a certain number of their fellow beings is a state of idlehood; […]1965, The Broadway Journal, volume 1, page 265:
  • But he didn't even seem to enjoy his idlehood.2014, Sandeep Dahiya, Faceless Gods, page 57:

Synonyms of idlehood

Origin of idlehood

From idle + -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”).

Questions about idlehood

What does idlehood mean?
Idlehood means the state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.
What is idlehood in Tamil?
Idlehood in Tamil is சோம்பேறி. See Idlehood meaning in Tamil.
How do you use idlehood in a sentence?
[…] laborers contented with their condition, lest they should grow dissatisfied and refuse to work any longer to support a certain number of their fellow beings is a state of idlehood; […]
What part of speech is idlehood?
Idlehood is a noun.

Words near idlehood in the dictionary

  1. idledom
  2. idleful
  3. idlehead
  4. idleheaded
  5. idleheads
  6. idlehood
  7. idlely
  8. idleness
  9. idlenesses
  10. idler
  11. idler wheel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idlehood (page history and authors); idlehood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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