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Definition: Lazybones |
LazybonesNoun1. (informal) a lazy person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lazybones" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | LAZYBONES. An instrument like a pair of tongs, for old or very fat people to take any thing from the ground without stooping. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lazybones (1935) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lazybones | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lazybones"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dembel (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, do-naught, drone, faineant, floppy, idle, Idler, lazy, lazy-boots, lotus eater, slacker, sluggard, work-shy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мързелан (slug, sluggard), ленивец (lotus eater, sloth, sluggard, tardigrade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lenoch (backrest, Idler, lazy-bones, sluggard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تنبل (Idle, Inactive, Indolent, Laze, Lazy, Sloth, Slothful, Slouch, Slow, Sluggish, Tardy), ادم بطی ء وکندرو. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fainéant (lazy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | faulpelz (Idler, slacker, sluggard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακαμάτησ (drone, good for nothing, loafer), τεμπέλησ (dawdler, lazy, loafer, poke, shote, slacker, sluggard), τεμπελχανάσ (lazy fellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עצלן (lazy, slacker, sloth, sluggard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | poltrone (Idler, lie-abed, loiterer, lounger, sluggard), pigrone, marmotta (alpine marmot, marmot, true marmot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不精者 (slouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶしょうもの (slouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | litcher (drone, idler, latecomer, sluggard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azyboneslay preguiçoso (chair warmer, dawdler, idle, indolent, laggard, lazy, lie detector, loaf sugar, loller, lubberly, otioseness, remiss, slack, slacker, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, work-shy). (various references) leneş (bum, dull, easeful, easy going, idle, Idler, idly, lazily, lazy, loafer, loiterer, otiose, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, torpid, truant, vacant), trântor (do-little, drone, loafer, lounger, poke), tigoare, fluierã-vânt. (various references) лодырь (bum, bummer, dawdler, duffer, moocher, poke, slacker), лентяй (bummer, do-nothing, faineant, lazy-bones, poke, slacker, slob, slug, slug-abed, sluggard, truant, wag, work-shy). (various references) lenčuga (lazy-bones). (various references) vago (bone-idle, erratic, faint, idle, Idler, loiterer, loose, nameless, shadowy, sketchy, slacker, slouch, sloven, tramp, truant, twilight, vacant, vague). (various references) latmask (dawdler, layabout, lazy dog, slacker, sluggard), lathund (crib), lätting (drone, Idler, lounger). (various references) คนขี้เกียจ (dosser, ne'er-do-well, ne've-do-well). (various references) tembel (asleep, bonelazy, do nothing, do-little, drone, gold brick, idle, idle fellow, Idler, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, languid, languorous, lazy, lazy person, loon, lounger, slack, slacker, slothful, slouch, slug, sluggard, sluggish, stagnant, tired, torpid, workshy). (various references) bihepbe. (various references) ледар (bum, bummer, dawdle, dawdler, lounger, poke, quitter, slow, sluggard, wag), ледащо (dawdle, dawdler, fribble, gadabout, layabout, ne'er do well, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, slacker, slob, truant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-n-o-s-y-z" | |
-1 letter: baloneys, benzoyls. | |
-2 letters: baloney, benzols, benzoyl, benzyls, blazons, soybean. | |
-3 letters: anoles, azlons, azoles, basely, beanos, belays, benzal, benzol, benzyl, blazes, blazon, bonzes, boylas, lanose, nobles, sanely, sleazo, sleazy. | |
-4 letters: ables, abyes, aeons, aloes, alone, anole, azlon, azole, azons, bales, banes, beano, beans, belay, blase, blaze, bolas, boles, bones, boney, bonze, boyla, ebons, ebony, elans, enols, lanes, lazes, leans, lenos, loans, lobes, lyase, nabes, noble, nobly, noels, nosey, obeys, sable, salon, solan, sonly, yeans, zeals, zoeal, zoeas, zonal, zones. | |
-5 letters: able, ably, abos, abye, abys, aeon, albs, ales, aloe, also, anes, ayes, azon, bale, bals, bane, bans, base, bays, bean, bels, bens, beys, blae, boas, bola, bole, bone, bony, boys, byes, easy, ebon, elan, enol, eons, eyas, labs, lane, lase, lays, laze, lazy, lean, leas, leno, lens, leys, loan, lobe, lobs, lone, lose, lyes, lyse, nabe, nabs, naos, nays, nebs, nobs, noel, noes, nose, nosy, obes, obey, olea, oles, ones, only, oyes, oyez, sabe, sale, sane, seal, slab, slay, slob, sloe, snob, snye, sola, sole, sone, soya, sybo, syne, yean, yeas, yens, yobs, zany, zeal, zoea, zone. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 7A 79 62 6F 6E 65 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- --.. -.--. -... --- -. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01111010 01111001 01100010 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a z y b o n e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 007A 0079 0062 006F 006E 0065 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466792916881807185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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