Definition: laziest

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] [OE.
   lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.
   lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]
   1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;
      shirking work. --Bacon.

   2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
      ``The night owl's lazy flight.'' --Shak.

   3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.