lie-abed

American  

[lahy-uh-bed] / ˈlaɪ əˌbɛd /

noun

1. a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.

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Etymology

Origin of lie-abed

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Was there a kind of long lie-abed sickness that didn’t hurt?

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

The sun was a regular lie-abed on this Autumn morning, banked about by soft clouds and draperies of mist; but they glowed pink along the horizon—perhaps blushing for Old Sol's delinquency.

From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Emerson, Alice B.

Richard Norton was always a lie-abed, so poor Jane was alone to puzzle out the secret of our haggard faces.

From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Alma-Tadema, Laurence

Like Nathan, Tom is no lie-abed in the morning.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

She wondered sleepily at his sprightliness, for as she remembered him at home he had been a confirmed lie-abed.

From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.