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usdivité (c.1136-65)
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usdivité (c.1136-65)

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husdivité;  oidiveté  (odisté (l. odifté),  udisté (l. udifté))  
  FEW:  otiosus 7,444a Gdf:  oisiveté 5,588c GdfC:  oisiveté 10,229a TL: oisdiveté 6,1040 / oisivité 6,1052 DEAF:  oisdif (oisdiveté)  / oisif (oisdiveté)  DMF:  oisiveté  TLF:  oisiveté  OED:  ocivity n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  otiositas 2068b

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1laziness, slothfulness: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Husdivité serrat dampnee, Mais l'ovraigne as bons ert salvee  Salemon 6903
( c.1260; MS: 1267 ) oidiveté e trop dormir  Trebor1 153
( MS: c.1335 ) Sathan est mut haité Quant poet fere pecher par usdivité  Harley Complete i 130.2543
( 1485 )  diminucion et decaie que ad esté de temps ore tarde de le navie deinz cest realme d'Englitere, et occiosité ou [odisté] (l. odifté)  (ms. udisté (l. udifté)) de lez mariners deinz le mer  Stats ii 502
2idle matter, futility, triviality: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Sathan est heitié Quant ot la gent parler d'usdivité  Vitas 2074

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See also:

ociosité  oisouseté  usdif  usdive1  usdivement  usdiver  usdivesce 
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