A dreamer, a fool, an idler; a wretch.
| 单词 | θ86178 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who (14) musardc1330 A dreamer, a fool, an idler; a wretch. tifflerc1535 one who ‘tiffles’; in quot. 1535 apparently one who dresses up; in modern dialect a trifler, idler. dalliera1568 One who dallies: see the verb. pingler1578 A person who dabbles in or trifles with something. Obsolete. rare. puddlera1585 Originally Scottish. A person who acts without purpose or direction, or in a cursory or ineffectual manner. In later use: a dabbler, an amateur. Cf. p… wag-wanton1601 a wanton. fiddle-faddle1602 An idler, trifler; a gossip, chatterbox. piddler1602 A person who engages ineffectually or superficially in an occupation or pastime; a dilettante. pedlara1625 A person who engages with something in a cursory or ineffectual manner; a dabbler, a trifler. potterer1837 A person who potters; one who works at things in a casual, ineffectual, unsystematic, or unhurried way; one who potters about. frivolist1884 One who gives his time to frivolity. frivoller1889 one who ‘frivols’. tiddlywinker1893 (a) a cheat, a trifler; (b) a tiddlywinks player. muck-about1933 A person who behaves in an aimless or desultory way. Also: the action or activity of behaving in this way. |
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