laze
nounEtymology Back-formation from lazy.
1
An instance of lazing.
- I had a laze on the beach after lunch.
2
Laziness.
- The laze is real.
laze
verb/leɪz/
Etymology Back-formation from lazy.
1
To be lazy, waste time.
- Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?1599, Robert Greene, The Comicall Historie of Alphonsus, King of Aragon, London, act III:
- And, lastly, such are they; that, having got Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not; But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away.1635, George Wither, A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, London: John Grismond, Illustration 36, Book 1:
2 more examples
- But for this anachronism of keeping Saturday holy when you had Sunday also to laze on, Daniel felt a hundred higher careers would have been open to him.1892, Israel Zangwill, chapter 13, in Children of the Ghetto, being Pictures of a Peculiar People, volume 1, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, page 191:
- “I could easily fall into this,” I said. “Laze my way through life. Coffee here, wine there. You can channel significant things into the commonplace. Or you can avoid them completely.”1982, Don DeLillo, chapter 7, in The Names, New York: Vintage, published 1989, page 160:
2
To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
- The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
- A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […]1939, Graham Greene, chapter 4, in The Lawless Roads, Penguin, published 1982, page 93:
- Synonyms
- idle, loaf, take it easy, lounge, while away
- Derived terms
- laze about, laze around, lazen, lazer, lazy