laze
/leɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be lazy, waste time.
Example Sentences
- "Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?"
- "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."
- "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."
- "“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.”"
- "The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun."
- "I'll just laze in the shade with a book."
Etymology
Back-formation from lazy.