idlehood
1 synonym for idlehood, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The state of being idle, or a habit of doing nothing.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Formed from idle and -hood, possibly as an alteration of the obsolete English idlehead ("idleness"), which may itself come from Middle English idelhed ("vanity"). Compare also Scots ydilheid ("idleness"), Dutch ijdelheid ("vanity, vainglory"), Middle Low German îdelheit ("idleness") and German Eitelkeit ("vanity, conce...
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