pleasant idleness

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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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• dolce far niente — [ˌdɒltʃeɪ fα: nɪ ɛnteɪ] noun pleasant idleness. Origin Ital., sweet doing nothing …   English new terms dictionary

• dolce far niente — [fär nyen′te] n. [It, (it is) sweet doing nothing] pleasant idleness or inactivity …   English World dictionary

• dolce far niente — n. pleasant idleness. Etymology: It., = sweet doing nothing …   Useful english dictionary

• dol|ce far nien|te — «DOHL chay fahr NYEHN tay», Italian. 1. pleasant idleness: »the dolce far niente of the young scions of the new rich (Harper s). 2. (literally) it is sweet doing nothing …   Useful english dictionary

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