"idleness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈaɪdəlnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-idleness.wav [US] Forms: idlenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ydelnesse, from Old English īdelnes, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalnassī, equivalent to idle + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian īdelnisse (“idelness”), obsolete Dutch ijdelnis, Old Saxon īdalnussi (“idleness, vanity”), Old High German ītalnissa (“idleness, vanity, emptiness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ydelnesse}} Middle English ydelnesse, {{inh|en|ang|īdelnes}} Old English īdelnes, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*īdalnassī}} Proto-West Germanic *īdalnassī, {{suf|en|idle|ness}} idle + -ness, {{cog|ofs|īdelnisse|t=idelness}} Old Frisian īdelnisse (“idelness”), {{cog|nl|ijdelnis}} Dutch ijdelnis, {{cog|osx|īdalnussi|t=idleness, vanity}} Old Saxon īdalnussi (“idleness, vanity”), {{cog|goh|ītalnissa|t=idleness, vanity, emptiness}} Old High German ītalnissa (“idleness, vanity, emptiness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} idleness (countable and uncountable, plural idlenesses)
  1. The state of being idle; inactivity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being idle; inactivity): бездействие (bezdejstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), inactivitat (Catalan), zahálka [feminine] (Czech), ledigheid (Dutch), joutilaisuus (Finnish), oisiveté [feminine] (French), inactivité [feminine] (French), inactividade [feminine] (Galician), უსაქმურობა (usakmuroba) (Georgian), უქნარობა (uknaroba) (Georgian), უმაქნისობა (umaknisoba) (Georgian), Untätigkeit [feminine] (German), Stillstand [masculine] (German), Müßiggang (German), Untätigkeit (German), 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 (latei) [feminine] (Gothic), díomhaointeas [masculine] (Irish), ozio [masculine] (Italian), 한가 (han'ga) (Korean), ōtium [neuter] (Latin), ydelschipe (Middle English), ydelnesse (Middle English), bezczynność [feminine] (Polish), inatividade [feminine] (Portuguese), ócio [masculine] (Portuguese), просто́й (prostój) [masculine] (Russian), безде́лье (bezdélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), dokolica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inactividad [feminine] (Spanish), holganza [feminine] (Spanish), sysslolöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), ālasäññe (Tocharian B), nosdun (Volapük), segurdod (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-idleness-en-noun-KvZh~DzW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of 'state of being idle; inactivity': 71 26 3
  2. The state of being indolent; indolence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being indolent): bekarçılıq (Azerbaijani), avaraçılıq (Azerbaijani), безделие (bezdelie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), indolència [feminine] (Catalan), velttous (Finnish), vetelyys (Finnish), indolence [feminine] (French), indolencia [feminine] (Galician), Trägheit [feminine] (German), Arbeitsunwilligkeit [feminine] (German), Indolenz [feminine, rare] (German), Faulheit (German), 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 (latei) [feminine] (Gothic), leisce [feminine] (Irish), indolenza [feminine] (Italian), pigrizia [feminine] (Italian), oziosità (Italian), dēsidia [feminine] (Latin), ydelschipe (Middle English), ydelnesse (Middle English), indolência [feminine] (Portuguese), праздность (prazdnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), леность (lenostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), indolencia [feminine] (Spanish), بىكارچىلىق (bikarchiliq) (Uyghur), trög (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-idleness-en-noun-Rli6SjQH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of 'state of being indolent': 35 61 4
  3. Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality): turhuus (Finnish), inutilité [feminine] (French), futilité [feminine] (French), trivialité [feminine] (French), Nutzlosigkeit (German), inutilità (Italian), ydelschipe (Middle English), ydelnesse (Middle English), бесплодность (besplodnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бесполезность (bespoleznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-idleness-en-noun-YDJasxSi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of 'groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality': 6 6 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eat the bread of idleness, love-in-idleness Related terms: idledom, idlehood, idleship

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "latei",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
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          "word": "ozio"
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          "word": "한가"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
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          "word": "ōtium"
        },
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          "code": "enm",
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "word": "ydelschipe"
        },
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "word": "ydelnesse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "71 26 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bezczynność"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "inatividade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 26 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ócio"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prostój",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "просто́й"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezdélʹje",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "безде́лье"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dokolica"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "inactividad"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
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          "word": "holganza"
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sysslolöshet"
        },
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          "code": "txb",
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          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "word": "ālasäññe"
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
          "word": "nosdun"
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          "word": "segurdod"
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          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "bekarçılıq"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "avaraçılıq"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezdelie",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "безделие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "velttous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "vetelyys"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "indolence"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "indolencia"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Trägheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Arbeitsunwilligkeit"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Indolenz"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "Faulheit"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "latei",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "leisce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indolenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pigrizia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "oziosità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dēsidia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "ydelschipe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "word": "ydelnesse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indolência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prazdnostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "праздность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lenostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being indolent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "леность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 61 4",
          "code": "es",
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        "neuter"
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "joutilaisuus"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oisiveté"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "usakmuroba",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "უსაქმურობა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "uknaroba",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "უქნარობა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "umaknisoba",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "უმაქნისობა"
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "latei",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "díomhaointeas"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ozio"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "han'ga",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "한가"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ōtium"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "ydelschipe"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "word": "ydelnesse"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezczynność"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inatividade"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ócio"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "state of being idle; inactivity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "просто́й"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dokolica"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "holganza"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "sysslolöshet"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "word": "ālasäññe"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "word": "nosdun"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "word": "segurdod"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "word": "bekarçılıq"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "word": "avaraçılıq"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdelie",
      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "безделие"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "velttous"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "word": "vetelyys"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Trägheit"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Arbeitsunwilligkeit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
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        "feminine",
        "rare"
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      "word": "Indolenz"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Faulheit"
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "state of being indolent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "leisce"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "indolenza"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "pigrizia"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "dēsidia"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "word": "ydelschipe"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "праздность"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Nutzlosigkeit"
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      "word": "inutilità"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality",
      "word": "ydelschipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality",
      "word": "ydelnesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besplodnostʹ",
      "sense": "groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бесплодность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespoleznostʹ",
      "sense": "groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бесполезность"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idleness"
}

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