Laze
/leɪz/noun
To be idle or move lazily; to relax in an unhurried way.
Did you know?‘Laze’ is a back-formation from ‘lazy,’ ultimately tied to an old Germanic word for physical weakness or feebleness—not a mystical term, but one that captures the ancient fear of wasted vitality.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
lasye
“lazy, sluggish”
Early Modern English
English
lazy
“idle, slothful”
19th Century
English
laze
“to be idle or lounge about”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*lazijaz
“weak, tired, sluggish”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lē-
“to be weak or tired”