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• idle — I. adjective (idler; idlest) Etymology: Middle English idel, from Old English īdel; akin to Old High German ītal worthless Date: before 12th century 1. lacking worth or basis ; vain < idle chatter > < idle pleasure > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Play pleasure — Play Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. [1913 Webster] 2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game. [1913 Webster] John naturally loved rough play. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• i´dle|ness — i|dle «Y duhl», adjective, i|dler, i|dlest, verb, i|dled, i|dling. –adj. 1. doing nothing; not busy; not working; unoccupied; unemployed: »idle hands, idle machines, idle hours of a holiday. Give me some help; don t just stand there idle …   Useful english dictionary

• i|dle — «Y duhl», adjective, i|dler, i|dlest, verb, i|dled, i|dling. –adj. 1. doing nothing; not busy; not working; unoccupied; unemployed: »idle hands, idle machines, idle hours of a holiday. Give me some help; don t just stand there idle …   Useful english dictionary

• Henry IV of France's wives and mistresses — played a significant role in the politics of his reign. Both Henry (1553–1610) and his first wife Marguerite of Valois, whom he married in 1572, were repeatedly unfaithful to each other, and the collapse of their marriage led to their… …   Wikipedia

• Petronius Arbiter, Gaius — orig. Titus Petronius Niger died AD 66 Roman writer. Of a noble family, Petronius belonged to a class of idle pleasure seekers, but he served ably as governor of the Asian province of Bithynia and as consul in Rome. After being appointed Nero s… …   Universalium

• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma — Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS …   Wikipedia

• Zhou Fang — ▪ Chinese painter Wade Giles romanization  Chou Fang   flourished 8th century BC, Chang an (present Xi an), Shaanxi province, China       with the older Zhang Xuan, one of the two most famous figure painters of the Tang dynasty (618–907).… …   Universalium

• lounge lizard — noun informal an idle, pleasure seeking man who spends his time in fashionable society …   English new terms dictionary

• gadabout — n. a person who gads about; an idle pleasure seeker …   Useful english dictionary

• The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …   Wikipedia