idlesse

American  

[ahyd-les] / ˈaɪd lɛs /

noun

1. idleness.

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Etymology

Origin of idlesse

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

Example Sentences

The piazza with its sights of beauty was lit up by that warm morning sunlight under which the autumn dew still lingers, and which invites to an idlesse undulled by fatigue.

From Romola by Eliot, George

Now, Tullus comes, new triumphs to prepare, And wake the folk to arm from idlesse fame, 964 And Ancus courts e'en now the popular acclaim.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

In the summer of 1867 I was in Germany, and during a brief journey of idlesse and enjoyment came to the lovely little watering-place of Liebenstein, on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest.

From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Taylor, Bayard

Feeding the clods your idlesse drains,   You make more green six feet of soil; His fruitful word, like suns and rains, Partakes the seasons' bounteous pains,   And toils to lighten human toil.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

The descendants of Cain                 in glad idlesse throve,   Nor hunted prey, nor with each other strove; but all was peace and joy with them.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis