idlesse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of idlesse
1590–1600; idle + -esse, as in finesse, etc.
Example Sentences
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Immortal man without a care Rivalled the gods above: Free, effortless, In sheer idlesse Aping divinity.
From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.
Our butterfly hours were then past: we grew into work-a-day bees—if only we have stored some honey in your hives to pay us for the lost idlesse of our dreamy summers!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Some, for very idlesse; and some for very love.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
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
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
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