loll

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒl/ (General American) IPA(key): /lɑl/ Rhymes: -ɒl === Verb === loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled) (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.] 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, →OCLC, page 251: And think'ſt thou, Jove himſelf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ſupine in State, / And leaves his Bus'neſs to be done by Fate? (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s] (ambitransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth. ==== Synonyms ==== (to act lazily or indolently): relax, slack, slacken ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *lolli, sound-symbolic. Cognates include Livonian loļ (“stupid, dumb”), Votic and Ingrian lollo (“fool, idiot; stupid, dumb”) and dialectal Finnish lolli (“fool; stupid, fat, lazy”). Similar sound-symbolic terms can be found in other languages, such as colloquial Swedish lolla (“a redneck, hilbilly; a foolish and naive woman”), Italian lollo (“unreasonable, foolish”) and Sicilian lollu (“unreasonable, foolish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlolʲː/, [ˈlolʲː] Rhymes: -olʲː Hyphenation: loll === Adjective === loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli, comparative lollim, superlative kõige lollim) stupid, dumb, foolish Synonym: rumal Antonym: tark ==== Synonyms ==== rumal ==== Antonyms ==== tark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Noun === loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli) a fool, idiot ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === loll in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “loll”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009