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De - Pt| English Dictionary: sedentary | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sedentary \Sed"en*ta*ry\, a. [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit: cf. F. se[82]dentaire. See {Sedent}.] 1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. [bd]Sedentary, scholastic sophists.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. 2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life. Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield. 3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. [R.] [bd]The sedentary earth.[b8] --Milton. The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator. 4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] [bd]Sedentary numbness.[b8] --Milton. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. {Sedentary spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web. | |
