Added 9 October 2026
bone-idle
adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about bone-idle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
Laziness that penetrates the very bones. Attested 1836. Similar terms (bone-lazy, bone-sore, bone-tired) pre-dated it in The Vocabulary Of East Anglia, 1830, Robert Forby. Compare to the bone.
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