idlesse

[ahyd-les]

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noun

idleness.

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Origin of idlesse

1590–1600; idle + -esse, as in finesse, etc.

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“Wise meditations, that be fruitful in good works, be far away from idlesse,” quoth he.
In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt