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Idlesse

Idless \I"dless\, Idlesse \I"dlesse\, n. Idleness. [Archaic] ``In ydlesse.''
--Spenser.

And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
--Mrs. Browning.

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idlesse

n. (context obsolete English) idleness

Usage examples of "idlesse".

In the summer of 1867 I was in Germany, and during a brief journey of idlesse and enjoyment came to the lovely little watering-place of Liebenstein, on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest.

Even so, Idlesse can be enjoyed but by those who are permitted to indulge it, while enduring the labours of an active or a contemplative life.

In the summer of 1867 I was in Germany, and during a brief journey of idlesse and enjoyment came to the lovely little watering-place of Liebenstein, on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest.