† idlebyidlesbyn.

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s -bie, -bee.

Etymology: < idle adj. + -by suffix : compare rudesby. (Sometimes associated with bee.)

Obsolete.

An idle fellow; a loafer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

α.

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ai^v Might Ouids exile admonish such Idlebies to betake them to a new trade.

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie ii. 39 Purgatory made many idle-bees swim in delicacy and voluptuousnesse.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 217 Idle Lusks, slothful Idlebies.

β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Claquedent, a lazie rogue, idle luske, slouthfull idlesbie.1617 tr. M. A. de Dominis Serm. upon Romanes xiii. 12 43 Such a swarme of idlesbies.a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. iv. 31 It is easie for Satan to entangle with his temptations the Idlesbee.1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 753 I have played the idlesby to day.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	idleby
释义	† idlebyidlesbyn. Forms: Also 1500s–1700s -bie, -bee. Etymology: < idle adj. + -by suffix : compare rudesby. (Sometimes associated with bee.) Obsolete. An idle fellow; a loafer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 α. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ai^v Might Ouids exile admonish such Idlebies to betake them to a new trade. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie ii. 39 Purgatory made many idle-bees swim in delicacy and voluptuousnesse. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 217 Idle Lusks, slothful Idlebies. β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Claquedent, a lazie rogue, idle luske, slouthfull idlesbie.1617 tr. M. A. de Dominis Serm. upon Romanes xiii. 12 43 Such a swarme of idlesbies.a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. iv. 31 It is easie for Satan to entangle with his temptations the Idlesbee.1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 753 I have played the idlesby to day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas idleby Forming descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc. extracted from -bysuffix < n.1589 as lemmas
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† idlebyidlesbyn.

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