sedentory

Adjective

sedentary (comparative more sedentary, superlative most sedentary)

1. Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
   • The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.

   Synonyms:

   immobile

2. Of a human population, living in a fixed geographical location.
   • .

   Synonyms:

   settled, non-migratory

   Antonyms:

   nomadic

3. Of a job, lifestyle, etc., not moving much; sitting around; inactive.
   • […]the Egyptians; whose Sages were not sedentary, scholastic Sophists, like the Grecian[…]1765 [1738], Bishop William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, page 220

   Synonyms:

   chairborne, sitsome

4. (obsolete) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil.
   • Such restless revolution day by day
     Repeated, while the sedentary earth
     That better might with far less compass move[…]1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   abeyant

5. (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
   • till length of years
     And sedentary numbness craze my limbs
     To a contemptible old age obscure.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, lines 569-571

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