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Dolce far niente

//ˌdoʊltʃeɪ ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnteɪ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness. uncountable

    "1882, W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe This gentleman is seen, / With a maid of seventeen, / A-taking of his dolce far niente; / And wonders he'd achieve, / For he asks us to believe / She's his mother—and he's nearly five-and-twenty!"

  2. 2
    carefree idleness wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dolce far niente (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”).

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