This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly challenge is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post.
Here’s my WOW for this week:
Word
lackadaisical
Pronunciation
lack-a-dais-i-cal (lăk′ə-dā′zĭ-kəl)
Part of Speech
adjective
adverb: lackadaically
noun: lackadaisicalness
Meaning
1) Lacking vitality, drive and purpose
2) Lazy or idle, especially in a dreamy way
Synonyms
1) apathetic, careless, enervated, energyless, disinterested, half-hearted, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, laid-back, languid, languishing, lazy, lethargic, languorous, limp, listless, sluggish, spiritless
2) abstracted, daydreaming, dreamy, faineant, idle, laid-back, lazy, moony
Antonyms
1) ambitious, animated, driven, energetic, enterprising, motivated, spirited,
2) active, energetic, lively,
Word Origin
1768 (Sterne), from interjection lackadaisy “alas, alack” (1748), an alteration of lack-a-day (1690s), from alack the day (1590s)
Use in a Sentence
1) Ella knew that it was Donna’s lackadaisical work that had caused their project to fail.
2) James’ lackadaisical manner was accepted with rolled eyes and shrugged shoulders – he’d lived the first forty years of his life with his head in the clouds, he was unlikely to change now.
An Enchanted Place 
A new one to me!
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I’m glad I’ve expanded your vocabulary!
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Sounds like me (at my day job). Great word, I don’t think I can remember it – it is long!
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I’ve always liked the way it rolls off the tongue. 🙂 You can tell how I was feeling on Saturday when deciding on my L WOW – the three words I narrowed it down to were lackadaisical, lassitude and languid!
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Hahahaha – Your L WOW luscious! hahaha. That is funny.
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Love this word and the daydreaming pictures you posted with it.
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Thank you! It’s a word I’ve always found appealing. 🙂
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I love history – of any kind; and your WOW gives me lots of background on it. Liked the pics as well.
There is another word that I use. Can’t mention it in polite company, though….
Question: How does one post the copyright data (as U have done) so as not to post it with every piece?
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Thanks. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
For the copyright data – you need to put it in a text widget in your sidebar.
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thanks, I will work on trying to do that.
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