Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lazen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lazen
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become lazed or lazy

Example Sentences

"Both words and music demand such a broadening or "lazening" of the phrase; the voice fades off into a sleepy whisper, while the accompanist plays as though his fingers could not keep their eyes open any longer!"
"And the summer heat, that windless, unrelieved, lazening, city heat also helped content me with this lone achievement."
"What this means is the education needed to allow the soul, that truly needs, has eliminated and forfeited the resource creating the dependency of the soul to lazen the effort, becoming expectant with the hand open for the continual gesture of misfortune."

Etymology

From laze + -en (verbal suffix).

Inflected Forms

lazens (present, singular) lazening (participle, present) lazened (participle, past) lazened (past)

Frequently Paired Words

lazy

Questions

What does lazen mean?: To make or become lazed or lazy
Where does lazen come from?: From laze + -en (verbal suffix).

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