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lackadaisy

lackadaisy adjective: lackadaisical.

Adjective

lackadaisy (comparative more lackadaisy, superlative most lackadaisy)

  1. (archaic) Lackadaisical.

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Lackaday.

Forms of lackadaisy

comparativemore lackadaisy
superlativemost lackadaisy

Origin of lackadaisy

Alteration of lack-a-day or alack-the-day.

Questions about lackadaisy

What does lackadaisy mean?
Lackadaisy means lackadaisical.
What part of speech is lackadaisy?
Lackadaisy can be an adjective or an interjection.

Words near lackadaisy in the dictionary

  1. lackadaisic
  2. lackadaisical
  3. lackadaisicality
  4. lackadaisically
  5. lackadaisicalness
  6. lackadaisy
  7. lackaday
  8. lackage
  9. lackall
  10. lackalls
  11. Lackard

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