La"zy (?), a.
[Compar. Lazier (?);
superl. Laziest.] [OE. lasie,
laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.
lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig,
lesig.] 1. Disinclined to action or
exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Bacon.
2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a
lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight."
Shak.
3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] B. Jonson.
Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable
of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a
distance, now variously applied in machinery.
Syn. -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See
Idle.