English
idlesome
From idle + -some.
Formed from idle + -some
Proto-Germanic *īdlaz
Proto-West Germanic *īdl ‘void, empty, ineffective’
Old English īdel ‘empty, void’
Middle English idel
English idle
Today it means
adj Characterised or marked by idleness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / idlesome