Laze

Morpheme

Laze

Type

free base

Denotation

unwilling to work, disinclined to exertion, sluggish, waste time, relax, lounge

Etymology

backformed from lazy, 1540 of unknown origin; possibly from <Lay + -s + -y> or from a Low German source

Evidence

laze, lazed, lazen, lazer, lazes, lazied, lazier, lazies, laziest, lazily, laziness, lazing, lazy, lazyback, lazybones, lazyboots, lazyboy, lazybutt, lazying, lazyish, lazyitis, lazyload, lazyweb, nonlazy, unlazy

Homographs

Laze