English Explanatory Dictionary

bone-idle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Utterly lazy.

Pronunciation

en-au-bone-idle.ogg

Word forms

bone-idle bone idle

Etymology

Laziness that penetrates the very bones. Attested 1836. Similar terms (bone-lazy, bone-sore, bone-tired) pre-dated it in The Vocabulary Of East Anglia, 1830, Robert Forby. Compare to the bone.

Synonyms

lither swear bone-idle fainéant idle indolent inert lackadaisical lazy otiose slothful sluggish torpid work-shy

Related words

dead tired
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