idlehood

== English == === Etymology === From idle +‎ -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”). === Noun === idlehood (uncountable) (rare) The state or condition of being idle; a habit of idling; idleness. ==== Synonyms ==== idledom idleness idleship