# loll
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /lɒl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /lɑl/
* Rhymes: -ɒl

### Verb

loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)
* (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
** 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, →OCLC, page 251:
    And think'ſt thou, Jove himſelf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ſupine in State, / And leaves his Bus'neſs to be done by Fate?
** 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 25 March 2014:The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but [Ice Age:] Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
** 2015, Mary Davis, chapter 8, in Winning Olivia’s Heart (Heartsong Presents; HP1145), New York, N.Y.: Love Inspired Books, →ISBN, page 104:Liv's head lolled to the side and rested on his shoulder.
* (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]
** 1697, Virgil, “The Eighth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, pages 445–446, lines 396–400:Nor thy reſiſtleſs Arm the Bull withſtood: / Nor He the roaring Terror of the Wood. / The triple Porter of the Stygian seat, / With lolling Tongue, lay fawning at thy Feet: / And, ſeiz'd with Fear, forgot his mangled Meat.
** 1975, Susan Cooper, “Cadfan’s Way”, in The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising Sequence; 4), London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2007 May, →ISBN, part 1 (The Golden Harp), page 21:Crouching on its stomach, the dog moved with him, teeth glittering, tongue lolling.
* (transitive, intransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth.
    The ox stood lolling in the furrow.
** 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:The combatants with rage most horrible Strove, and their eyes started with cracking stare, And impotent their tongues they lolled into the air, Flaccid and foamy, like a mad dog’s hanging; […]
** 2011 September, Anna Solomon, chapter 30, in The Little Bride: A Novel, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 307:[W]hen he saw the hundreds of heads of cattle lolling their greedy way through his grass, he ran towards them wildly, waving his arms, screaming.

#### Synonyms

* (to act lazily or indolently): relax, slack, slacken

#### Derived terms

* loll about
* loll around

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “lollen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2017.

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lolli, sound-symbolic. Cognates include Livonian loļ (“stupid, dumb”), Votic and Ingrian lollo (“fool, idiot; stupid, dumb”) and dialectal Finnish lolli (“fool; stupid, fat, lazy”). Similar sound-symbolic terms can be found in other languages, such as colloquial Swedish lolla (“a redneck, hilbilly; a foolish and naive woman”) and Italian lollo (“unreasonable, foolish”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlolʲː/, [ˈlolʲː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -olʲː
* Hyphenation: loll

### Adjective

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli, comparative lollim, superlative kõige lollim)
* stupid, dumb, foolish
    Synonym: rumal
    Antonym: tark

#### Synonyms

* rumal

#### Antonyms

* tark

#### Derived terms

* lollakas
* lollilt
* lollisti
* lollus

#### Compounds

* lausloll
* puruloll
* püstiloll
* lollimoodi
* lollivõitu
* lollpea

### Noun

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)
* a fool, idiot

#### Derived terms

* lolli mängima
* lollikari
* lollike
* lollikene
* lollikindel
* lollitama

### References

* loll in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “loll”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009