Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leisure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leisure \Lei"sure\, a.
Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leisure \Lei"sure\ (l[=e]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [OE. leisere,
leiser, OF. leisir, F. loisir, orig., permission, fr. L.
licere to be permitted. See {License}.]
1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time
free from employment.
The desire of leisure is much more natural than of
business and care. --Sir W.
Temple.
2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient
opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. --Dryden.
{At leisure}.
(a) Free from occupation; not busy.
(b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leisure
adj : free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his
leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure
classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the
sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida
Craven [syn: {leisure(a)}, {leisured}]
n 1: time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him
little leisure" [syn: {leisure time}]
2: freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he
lacked the leisure for golf"
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