Laze

Laze

Verb / Noun · /leɪz/

Definition

(Verb) to relax or rest in a leisurely, idle manner; to spend time in a pleasurably inactive way; (Noun) a period of lazy relaxation.

Origin

A back-formation from lazy — formed by removing the -y suffix to create a verb, as if laze were the root from which lazy derived. Back-formations are a productive word-formation process in English: similarly, to edit was formed from editor, to burgle from burglar, to enthuse from enthusiasm. Used in English from the 16th century.