resty

American  

[rest-ee] / ˈrɛst i /

adjective

restier, restiest

1. Dialect. refusing to cooperate; resistant or unruly.

2. Dialect. disinclined to move or work; lazy or lethargic.

3. Informal. characterized by rest or relaxation.

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Weariness Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth Finds the down pillow hard.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

It may be the rest are not so resty.

From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson

You'l lie down shortly, get you in and work;                  What are you grown so resty? you want ears,                  We shall have some of the Court boys do that Office.

From The Maids Tragedy by John Fletcher

"I could not come a moment sooner; I hardly expected to get here at all, for my horse has been so confounded resty I could not tell how to get him along."

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney

He would grow resty else in his cage; his virtue would rust without action.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley