lazy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite moving slowly and gently
    • up a lazy river
    • lazy white clouds
    • at a lazy pace
  2. adjective satellite disinclined to work or exertion
    slothful; indolent; faineant; otiose; work-shy.
    • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
    • an indolent hanger-on
    • too lazy to wash the dishes
    • shiftless idle youth
    • slothful employees
    • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy

WordNet

La"zy adjective
Etymology
OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.
Wordforms
comparative Lazier ; superlative Laziest
Definitions
  1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.
  2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." Shak.
  3. Wicked; vicious. Obs. or Prov. Eng. B. Jonson. Syn. -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.

Webster 1913