"desidious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more desidious [comparative], most desidious [superlative]
Etymology: An alteration of the Latin dēsidiōsus (“slothful”), from dēsidia (“idleness, indolence, sloth”), from dēsideō (“I sit idle”), from dē (“completely, thoroughly”) + sedeō (“I sit”); compare desidiose. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|dēsidiōsus||slothful}} Latin dēsidiōsus (“slothful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} desidious (comparative more desidious, superlative most desidious)
  1. (obsolete) Lazy, idle, slothful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-desidious-en-adj-HI8s6r1p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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