† idleheadn.
Obsolete.
Idleness.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun]
idlea1000
idlenessc1000
emptinessOE
idlelaikc1175
idleheada1325
idleship1357
otiosity1483
idlehoodc1540
idleteth1584
idleset1591
fallownessa1594
vacantry1598
vacancy1615
lurgy1769
inanity1782
inoccupation1783
vacuity1817
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 28 Ðog [may] hic folgen idel-hed.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. 226 When night out issew'd, bore Silence, and sweuens [printed sweums] roaming idlehed.
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