lackadaisicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌlakəˈdeɪzᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌlækəˈdeɪzᵻk(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1700s -daysical, 1800s -daisycal.

Etymology: < lackadaisy int. + -ic suffix + -al suffix¹.

Resembling one who is given to crying ‘Lackaday!’; full of vapid feeling or sentiment; affectedly languishing. Said of persons, their behaviour, manners, and utterances.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > shallowly

lackadaisy1748

lackadaisical1768

sensibilitous1811

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 167 Sitting in my black coat, and in my lack-a-day-sical manner, counting the throbs of it.

1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers I. vi. 183 What do you cast up your lack-a-daisical eyes at, Forshiem?

1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 18 Aug. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 149 They [sc. Miss Seward's letters] are affected, sentimental, and lackadaisical to the highest degree.

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) vi. 146 No man has written so many lack-a-daisical..verses as he.

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 357 Lackadaisical loitering on the banks of the Arve.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxviii. 384 The..lackadaisical misses whom he could just love or not, according to circumstances.

Derivatives

ˌlackadaisiˈcality n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > shallow sentimentality

lackadaisicality1823

lackadaisicalness1828

1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 169 They conceive the eternal..lackadaisicalities touching the matter of Walter Scott's ‘more last dying words’.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 13/2 If Ministers refuse replies..Don't charge them with..lackadaisicality.

lackaˈdaisicalness n. the quality of being lackadaisical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > shallow sentimentality

lackadaisicality1823

lackadaisicalness1828

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 59 Her father's odd ways..and her mother's odd speeches, and her sister's lack-a-daisicalness.

ˌlackaˈdaisically adv. in a lackadaisical manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb] > shallowly

lackadaisically1829

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. iv. 189 ‘I think I am,’ reiterated the dead man, very lack-a-daisically.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xii, in Writings I. 121 He stands..with one leg drawn up, and his ten fingers interlaced lackadaisically.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lackadaisical
释义	lackadaisicaladj. Brit. /ˌlakəˈdeɪzᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌlækəˈdeɪzᵻk(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1700s -daysical, 1800s -daisycal. Etymology: < lackadaisy int. + -ic suffix + -al suffix¹. Resembling one who is given to crying ‘Lackaday!’; full of vapid feeling or sentiment; affectedly languishing. Said of persons, their behaviour, manners, and utterances. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > shallowly lackadaisy1748 lackadaisical1768 sensibilitous1811 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 167 Sitting in my black coat, and in my lack-a-day-sical manner, counting the throbs of it. 1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers I. vi. 183 What do you cast up your lack-a-daisical eyes at, Forshiem? 1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 18 Aug. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 149 They [sc. Miss Seward's letters] are affected, sentimental, and lackadaisical to the highest degree. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) vi. 146 No man has written so many lack-a-daisical..verses as he. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 357 Lackadaisical loitering on the banks of the Arve. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxviii. 384 The..lackadaisical misses whom he could just love or not, according to circumstances. Derivatives ˌlackadaisiˈcality n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > shallow sentimentality lackadaisicality1823 lackadaisicalness1828 1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 169 They conceive the eternal..lackadaisicalities touching the matter of Walter Scott's ‘more last dying words’. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 13/2 If Ministers refuse replies..Don't charge them with..lackadaisicality. lackaˈdaisicalness n. the quality of being lackadaisical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > shallow sentimentality lackadaisicality1823 lackadaisicalness1828 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 59 Her father's odd ways..and her mother's odd speeches, and her sister's lack-a-daisicalness. ˌlackaˈdaisically adv. in a lackadaisical manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb] > shallowly lackadaisically1829 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. iv. 189 ‘I think I am,’ reiterated the dead man, very lack-a-daisically. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xii, in Writings I. 121 He stands..with one leg drawn up, and his ten fingers interlaced lackadaisically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1768
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