New American Oxford Dictionary

layabout

lay a bout |ˈlāəˌbout ˈleɪəˌbaʊt | ▶noun derogatory a person who habitually does little or no work.

 

Layamon

Layamon |ˈlʌɪəmən | (late 12th century ), English poet and priest. He wrote the verse chronicle known as the Brut, a history of England which introduces for the first time in English the story of King Arthur.

 

layaway

lay a way |ˈlāəˌwā ˈleɪəˌweɪ |(also layaway plan ) ▶noun a system of paying a deposit to secure an item for later purchase: she picked up a coat she had on layaway .

 

Oxford Dictionary

layabout

lay |about |ˈleɪəbaʊt | ▶noun Brit. derogatory a person who habitually does little or no work.

 

Layamon

Layamon |ˈlʌɪəmən | (late 12th century ), English poet and priest. He wrote the verse chronicle known as the Brut, a history of England which introduces for the first time in English the story of King Arthur.

 

layaway

lay |away |ˈleɪəweɪ | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] N. Amer. a system of paying a deposit to secure an article for later purchase: she picked up a coat she had on layaway . 2 Climbing a handhold that is used to best effect by leaning out to the side of it.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

layabout

layabout noun I want Carmen and the rest of these layabouts out of here by noon: idler, loafer, slacker, lazybones, lounger, flâneur, shirker, sluggard, laggard, slugabed, malingerer, good-for-nothing; informal lazybones, couch potato; literary wastrel.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

layabout

layabout noun idler, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, loafer, lounger, shirker, sluggard, laggard, slugabed, malingerer, parasite, leech; informal skiver, waster, slacker, lazybones, lead-swinger, slob, couch potato; Austral. /NZ informal bludger; Brit. informal, chiefly Military scrimshanker; archaic wastrel; French archaic fainéant. ANTONYMS workaholic.

 

Spanish Dictionary

laya

laya 1 nombre femenino Pala de hierro, grande y fuerte, con mango largo de madera que se utiliza para remover la tierra; a veces, lleva dos o más puntas y un travesaño en el extremo del mango que se ase con ambas manos para apretar con ellas al mismo tiempo que se aprieta con el pie .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xviii ) del vasco laia o lai .

 

laya

laya 2 nombre femenino Naturaleza, clase o condición de una persona o una cosa, especialmente si es de carácter negativo :por sus páginas desfilan bellas malignas de toda laya, desde las grandes castradoras como Salomé hasta las más tiernas nínfulas; temo muy mucho que con divagaciones de esta laya lo único que consigo es agotar su inmensa paciencia .ETIMOLOGÍA Probablemente préstamo (s. xviii ) del portugués laia, antiguamente ‘lana ’ y, por generalización, ‘calidad, tipo, especie ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

layabout

l á y ab ò ut 名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠怠け者, 浮浪者 .

 

layaway

l á y aw à y 名詞 U ｟米 ｠完済まで商品を取り置く方式 .