lazybones

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lazybones

  • /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/ US

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From lazy + bones.

noun lazybones

  1. slang A person who is lazy. The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."

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noun person who is lazy

Españolholgazán, haragán, fiacún
한국어게으름뱅이 geeureumbaeng'i, 귀차니스트 gwichaniseuteu
日本語怠け者 namakemono, 不精者 bushōmono
中文懶鬼 /懒鬼 lǎnguǐ, 懶骨頭 /懒骨头 lǎngǔtou, 懶人 /懒人 lǎnrén, 懶蟲 /懒虫 lǎnchóng, 懶漢 /懒汉 lǎnhàn
Kiswahililofa
Portuguêspessoa preguiçosa
Françaisflemmard, fainéant, fainéante
DeutschFaulpelz, Faultier, Faulenzer
Italianosfaticato, poltrone, pigrone, fannullone, scansafatiche, sfaccendato
Ελληνικάτεμπέλης tempélis
Românăpierde-vară, leneș
Русскийлентя́й lentjáj, лентя́йка lentjájka, безде́льник bezdélʹnik, безде́льница bezdélʹnica, ло́дырь lódyrʹ, лежебо́ка ležebóka
Tiếng Việtkẻ lười biếng, kẻ biếng nhác
العربيةكَسُول kasūl, مِكْسَال miksāl, ضُجَعَة ḍujaʕa, ضُجْعِيّ ḍujʕiyy

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@misc{lazybones_2026,
  title = {lazybones},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lazybones},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}