(sing. Bonze). Indian priests. In China they are the priests of the Fohists; their number is 50,000, and they are represented as idle and dissolute. In Japan they are men of rank and…
(Italian). Delightful idleness. Pliny has “Jucundum tamen nihil agere” (Ep. viii. 9). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DoldrumsDolabra A B C D E F G H…
or Fever-lurgan. A fit of idleness. Lurden means a block-head. (French, lourd, heavy, dull, thick-headed; lourdand, a blockhead.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
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