† idlementn.
Obsolete.
Idle or profitless occupation, idling.
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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
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 118 These good things were not conferred vpon them..to waste and consume these good blessings of God in vnnecessary Idlements.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 12 Let us not spend the time thus in idlements.
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