oisiveté
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
oisiveté f (plural oisivetés)
- idleness (of a person), as in laziness or indolence
- Synonym: inaction
- 1855, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:
- Peut-être voulez-vous seulement occuper votre oisiveté de province par le spectacle des sottises que peut faire un poète ?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “oisiveté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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