idlesse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of idlesse
1590–1600; idle + -esse, as in finesse, etc.
Example Sentences
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Another word which Spenser made, and which is still sometimes used, was fool-happy; but other words, like idlesse, dreariment, drowsihead, are hardly seen outside his poetry.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
But to us utter idlesse is perfect bliss.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, 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
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
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