ídelnes

ídelnes
f (-se/-sa) frivolity, vanity, emptiness, falseness; idleness, vain existence; uselessness, futility, worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity; superstition, a vain, false religion; lack of result, ineffectiveness; idleness, lack of energy; in/on \ídelnesse in vain

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • idleness — (n.) O.E. idelnes frivolity, vanity, emptiness; vain existence; see IDLE (Cf. idle) + NESS (Cf. ness). Old English expressed the idea we attach to in vain by in idelnisse. Spenser, Scott, and others use idlesse to mean the same thing in a… …   Etymology dictionary

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