leisurable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leisurable (comparative more leisurable, superlative most leisurable)
- (obsolete) Leisurely.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- a leisurable departure
- (obsolete) Without employment; idle.
- 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
- about seven years past, with some others of affinity thereto, for my private exercise and satisfaction, I had at leisurable hours composed
Further reading
[edit]- “leisurable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.