English Explanatory Dictionary

idlehood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.

Word forms

idlehood

Etymology

From idle + -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”).

Synonyms

idledom idleness idleship
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