idle adj.:
1.
ineffective, worthless, vain,
trifling
LLL. V. ii. 873
“your scorns,”
MND. III. ii. 168
“waste more
breath,”
Tw.N. III. iii. 46
“ markets”
(= for articles of fancy or luxury),
Tim. I. ii. 162
“an banquet,”
IV. iii. 27
“I am no votarist,”
Oth. I. ii. 95
“Mine's not an idle
cause.”
2.
foolish, silly
Meas. IV. i. 65
“their dream,”
All'sW. II. v. 55
“An lord,”
IV. iii. 242,
John IV. ii. 153
“ dreamer,”
Lr. I. ii. 53,
I. iii. 17
“ old
man.”
3.
crazy Ham. III. ii. 95; cf.
IDLE-HEADED.
4.
serving no useful
purpose, useless, unprofitable
Err. II. ii. 182
“ moss,”
R3 III. i. 103
“ weeds,”
Oth. I. iii. 140
“antres vast and deserts
idle.”
