dawdlingn.

/ˈdɔːdlɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

The action of dawdle v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress

dragglinga1599

slaggering1622

drag1813

creep1818

dawdling1819

loitering1822

draggle1894

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting

loitering1362

triflinga1382

dalliance1567

piddling1580

baubling1608

idlement1622

concessation1623

paddling1642

sauntering1680

puddling1695

dawdle1813

dawdling1819

puttering1835

pottering1844

peddling1851

tiddlywinking1869

loiter1876

frivolling1882

potter1897

muckings1898

futzing1907

piffling1914

fucking1931

monkeying1932

muck-about1968

twatting1989

1819 W. Scott Let. 18 Apr. (1933) V. 363 A propensity which..the women very expressively call dawdling.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Lett. 13 July Ryde..would be as nice a place as any..for dawdling, and getting health.

1875 Baroness Bunsen Jrnl. 16 June in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. viii. 457 With old age comes dawdling, that is, doing everything too slowly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

dawdlingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdawdling.

That dawdles; characterized by dawdling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly

slowa1398

slow-movingc1450

slow-bellied1554

lazya1568

slow-footed1587

slow-paced1594

leaden-footed1596

snaily1596

snail-paced1597

dragglinga1599

leaden-heeled1598

ambling1600

slow-foot1607

sluggisha1616

slow-pacing1616

tortoise-paced1623

slow-going1634

leaden-stepping1645

tardigradous1652

tardigrade1656

snail-crawleda1658

dawdling1773

loitering1791–2

slow-stepping1793

creepy1794

lugging1816

tortoise-footed1818

crawling1820

creepy-crawly1858

slowing1877

lead-foot1896

soodling1951

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing

loiteringa1533

truanting1635

sauntering1672

dawdling1773

shackling1788

lounging1789

louting1836

lubbering1837

loafing1857

mitching1857

scowbanking1868

shacking1881

1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 259 The mother is a slow, dawdling, sleepy kind of Dame.

1782 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 196 With whom I had a dawdling conversation upon dawdling subjects.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 265 The dreaming, reading, dawdling existence which best suits me.

Derivatives

ˈdawdlingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adverb] > in a trifling or time-wasting manner

percunctorily1615

dawdlingly1860

potteringly1893

1860 Sat. Rev. 9 145/1 Some very important Bill which..has been dawdlingly postponed from day to day.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dawdling
释义	dawdlingn. /ˈdɔːdlɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. The action of dawdle v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress dragglinga1599 slaggering1622 drag1813 creep1818 dawdling1819 loitering1822 draggle1894 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 1819 W. Scott Let. 18 Apr. (1933) V. 363 A propensity which..the women very expressively call dawdling. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Lett. 13 July Ryde..would be as nice a place as any..for dawdling, and getting health. 1875 Baroness Bunsen Jrnl. 16 June in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. viii. 457 With old age comes dawdling, that is, doing everything too slowly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). dawdlingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdawdling. That dawdles; characterized by dawdling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly slowa1398 slow-movingc1450 slow-bellied1554 lazya1568 slow-footed1587 slow-paced1594 leaden-footed1596 snaily1596 snail-paced1597 dragglinga1599 leaden-heeled1598 ambling1600 slow-foot1607 sluggisha1616 slow-pacing1616 tortoise-paced1623 slow-going1634 leaden-stepping1645 tardigradous1652 tardigrade1656 snail-crawleda1658 dawdling1773 loitering1791–2 slow-stepping1793 creepy1794 lugging1816 tortoise-footed1818 crawling1820 creepy-crawly1858 slowing1877 lead-foot1896 soodling1951 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing loiteringa1533 truanting1635 sauntering1672 dawdling1773 shackling1788 lounging1789 louting1836 lubbering1837 loafing1857 mitching1857 scowbanking1868 shacking1881 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 259 The mother is a slow, dawdling, sleepy kind of Dame. 1782 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 196 With whom I had a dawdling conversation upon dawdling subjects. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 265 The dreaming, reading, dawdling existence which best suits me. Derivatives ˈdawdlingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adverb] > in a trifling or time-wasting manner percunctorily1615 dawdlingly1860 potteringly1893 1860 Sat. Rev. 9 145/1 Some very important Bill which..has been dawdlingly postponed from day to day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1819adj.1773
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