idlehood

Meanings

Noun

The state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness.

Origin / Etymology

From idle + -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”).

Synonyms

idledom, idleness, idleship

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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