dolce far niente
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of dolce far niente
Literally, “(it is) sweet to do nothing”
Example Sentences
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There is a pleasant idleness, a sense of “dolce far niente,” or sweetness of doing nothing, that is raised to a public art form.
From New York Times
The movie is often characterised as a study in ennui and curdled dolce far niente, a sunbaked torpor and languor that incubates marital despair.
From The Guardian
Even, then, says Emmerson it was regarded by northern Europeans as a backward, ragamuffin city, whose dolce far niente – sweet languor – belied an obscure exuberance of life and Tangier-like decadence.
From The Guardian
Nowhere in the world can one obtain more of the dolce far niente, than thus floating slowly and dreamily on the Nile.
From Project Gutenberg
“This is dolce far niente for fair,” murmured Jack lazily.
From Project Gutenberg
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