(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:17:21

I"dle*ness, n. [AS. idelnes.]

The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

 

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