Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lackadaisical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lackadaisical \Lack`a*dai"si*cal\, a. [From {Lackadaisy},
interj.]
Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. --
{Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lackadaisical
adj 1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a
languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot
languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {languid}, {languorous}]
2: idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was
annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical";
"a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"-
P.G.Wodehouse
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