LAZY

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. 1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.
2. 2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. “The night owl's lazy flight.” Shak.
3. 3. Wicked; vicious. 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Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.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.