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idlesse arch.|ˈaɪdlɪs|
Also idless.
[A pseudo-antique formation from idle a.; see -ess2.
App. fashioned after humblesse; the 19th c. romantic use dates from Scott.]
Idleness, viewed in a poetic or romantic light; dolce far niente.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. ii. 31 My daies I haue not lewdly spent, Nor spilt the blossome of my tender yeares In ydlesse. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. i. v, As Idless fancied in her dreaming mood. 1805Scott Last Minstr. i. ii, The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. xciv, Who thus..Hath soothed thine idlesse with inglorious lays. 1848Lytton Harold xi. iv, The game..which amused the idlesse of that age. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 38 Necks soften of oxen in idlesse. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap 160 Till Norman idlesse stock our England too. |