单词 | loafing |
释义 | loafingn. The action of loaf v.1 Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > behaviour lomperingc1315 truandisea1400 sleuthingc1450 slugging1532 truanting1532 lusking1579 concessation1623 lazinga1626 lounging1793 loafing1838 bumming1857 mooch1859 loaf1860 sluggarding1864 flânerie1873 slobbery1912 spine-bashing1941 slobbing1960 lepak1993 lepaking1994 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches ii. 34 One night, Mr. Dabbs came home from his ‘loafing’ place—for he ‘loafs’ of an evening like the generality of people—that being the most popular and the cheapest amusement extant. 1846 Simmonds's Colonial Mag. 9 41 Practices of this kind come properly under the head of ‘loafing’ (living idly on other people), as defined in the American vocabulary. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xli Shoeblacks are compelled to a great deal of unavoidable ‘loafing’. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Oct. There is..a public news-room, and a public loafing-hall. 1883 A. M. Gow Primer Politeness 214 The trouble began with loafing; loafing led to blackguarding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). loafingadj. That loafs. ΘΚΠ 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 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 37 A half-gipsey, poaching, loafing fellow. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 222 Loafing vagabonds, who would pick your pocket. Derivatives ˈloafingly adv. in a loafing manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb] slewfully1340 untyȝtelc1400 slothlya1425 nicely1440 idly1487 sleuthfully1488 slothfully?1529 luskishly1530 litherly1550 lazily1587 indolently1707 loungingly1799 truantly1822 loafingly1860 lotophagously1882 1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 367 The shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2018). > as lemmasˈloafing ˈloafing n. (in 9 loaving). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > head > forming a head cabbaging1670 buttoning1799 loafing1818 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 95 The cabbages..were..earlier in loaving, than any of the rest of the plot. < n.1838adj.1857 as lemmas |
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