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Middle English
- idelnes, idelnesse, idelnez, idelnisse, idele-nes, idellnesse, idilnes, idilnesse, idulnes, ydelnes, ydilnes, ydilnesse, ydlenesse, ydulnes, ydulnesse, ydylnesse
Etymology
Inherited from Old English īdelnes, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalnassī; equivalent to ydel + -nesse.
Pronunciation
Noun
ydelnesse (plural ydelnesses)
- Vanity, worthlessness.
- Synonym: ydelschipe
- A vain or useless thing.
- Idleness, inactivity.
- Synonym: ydelschipe
- Rest or relief from work.
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