loll
/lɑl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And think'ſt thou, Jove himſelf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ſupine in State, / And leaves his Bus'neſs to be done by Fate?"
- "The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but [Ice Age:] Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled."
- "Liv's head lolled to the side and rested on his shoulder."
- "Nor thy reſiſtleſs Arm the Bull withſtood: / Nor He the roaring Terror of the Wood. / The triple Porter of the Stygian seat, / With lolling Tongue, lay fawning at thy Feet: / And, ſeiz'd with Fear, forgot his mangled Meat."
- "Crouching on its stomach, the dog moved with him, teeth glittering, tongue lolling."
- "The ox stood lolling in the furrow."
Etymology
From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lɑl/
- British English: /lɒl/