lackadaisical. quiddity,bewilderment, Guinean, housekeeper

His best hope is that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, whose attempts to recoup avoided taxes now look rather lackadaisical, may take much of the heat http://econ.st/1EkBY7I
Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese intellectuals have
expended inordinate energy on attempts to locate and define the quiddity
of apaneseness?that Norinaga discovered in The Tale of Genji. In a society
as homogeneous as Japan, the intensity of this effort is telling: it suggests,
and there is abundant evidence to support the conclusion, that cultural
ambivalence, the chronic sense of contingency on values and behaviors
external to native traditions, has led to recurrent seasons of bewilderment
and despair akin to a national identity crisis.

City’s Guineans Express Bewilderment

By SAM DOLNICK

In neighborhoods where West Africans gather, people were discussing the news that prosecutors doubted the credibility of the housekeeper who said she was assaulted.

 Although officially barred from entering France before 1770, Rousseau returned in 1767 under a false name. In 1768 he went through a marriage of sorts to Thérèse (marriages between Catholics and Protestants were illegal), whom he had always hitherto referred to as his "housekeeper". Though she was illiterate, she had become a remarkably good cook, a hobby her husband shared.

housekeeper

  音節

hóuse • kèeper

レベル

社会人必須

housekeeperの変化形

housekeepers (複数形)

[名]

1 家政婦；家事をする人

a lousy housekeeper
家事がへたな人.

2 家屋［事務所］管理人.

Guinea

• [gíni]

[名]

1 ギニア（共和国）(Republic of Guinea)：アフリカ西部；首都Conakryコナクリ.

2 ((g-))ギニー（金貨）：21シリング（現在の1.05ポンド）に当たる英国の旧通貨単位.

3 ((軽蔑))イタリア人［系の人］.

4 ((g-))((俗))馬手, 騎手.

5 ＝guinea fowl.

Guín・e・an

[形]

bewilderment

• [biwíldərmənt]

[名]

1 [U]うろたえたようす, 困惑

in bewilderment
うろたえて, ろうばいして.

2 （物・状態などの）混乱, 紛糾.

quiddity (KWID-i-tee)

noun
1. The essence of someone or something.
2. A trifling point.

Etymology
From Latin quid (what) which also gave us quidnunc quidnunc. and quid pro quo quid pro quo. ]

Usage
"Pondering this reversal of fortune, Anicius Manlius Boethius composed a soliloquy in which, queried by Philosophy as to his quiddity, he replied: 'I am a man, a rational and mortal animal.'" — Alvin Moore Jr.; The Noble Traveler; Parabola (New York); Jun 1996.

"Any kind of lackadaisical activity, any sort of diverting quiddity to take a person's mind off mundane, everyday, small-change troubles." — Guy Friddell; Perfect Day is Fine Excuse For Lackadaisical Activity; The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia); May 27, 2004.

lackadaisicalLine breaks: lacka|dai¦si¦cal

Pronunciation: /ˌlakəˈdeɪzɪk(ə)l 

  

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Definition of lackadaisical in English:

ADJECTIVE

Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelesslylazy:a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half

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Origin

mid 18th century (also in the sense 'feebly sentimental'): from lackaday or its obsolete extended form lackadaisy.