Old English · noun
idelnes
Normalised īdelnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈiː.delˌnes/
- Syllables
- ˈiː · del · ˌnes (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- idlenessfrivolityvanityemptinessfutilityuselessness
Meaning
-
idleness, vanity, frivolity
-
uselessness, futility
-
emptiness
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From īdel + -nes.
Descendants
idleness
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idelnes · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution