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leisured

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having leisure time, especially as a result of not having to work for a living.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The leisured class may produce great advances in the arts, or it may fritter away its time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Leisurely, filled with leisure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1893, John Davidson, “St Valentine’s Eve” in Fleet Street Eclogues, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, p. 20, And brooding thus on my ephemeral flowers That smoulder in the wilderness, I thought, By envy sore distraught, Of amaranths that burn in lordly bowers, Of men divinely blessed with leisured hours,

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

free from duties or responsibilities- J.J.Chapman- Ida Craven

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he writes in his leisure hours
  • life as it ought to be for the leisure classes
  • even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From leisure + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Muße habend — Having leisure
  • Portuguese: prazeroso — Having leisure