idlesse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of idlesse
1590–1600; idle + -esse, as in finesse, etc.
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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 Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all, Knight and page and household squire Loitered through the lofty hall, Or crowded round the ample fire.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables
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 James E. Pickering
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 George Willis Cooke
Some, for very idlesse; and some for very love.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
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