pleasant idleness

  • 1idleness — (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… …

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  • 4dolce far niente — [ˌdɒltʃeɪ fα: nɪ ɛnteɪ] noun pleasant idleness. Origin Ital., sweet doing nothing …

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  • 5dolce far niente — [fär nyen′te] n. [It, (it is) sweet doing nothing] pleasant idleness or inactivity …

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  • 6dolce far niente — n. pleasant idleness. Etymology: It., = sweet doing nothing …

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  • 7dol|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 …

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  • 8The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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  • 9Otium — Otium, a Latin abstract term, has a variety of meanings, including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, resting, contemplation and academic endeavors. It sometimes, but not always, relates to a time in a person s retirement… …

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  • 10Indriya — (Pali; Skt.) is a Buddhist term referring to multiple intrapsychic processes and is generally translated as faculty or, in specific contexts, as spiritual faculty or controlling principle. [Bodhi (2000) translates indriya as spiritual faculty and …

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