laze

name

1. A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County western Sichuan, China.

noun

Etymology: Blend of lava + haze.

1. Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

   “Moreover, dense laze plumes are known to contain as much as 10 to 15ppm of HCl (USGS, 2008).”

verb

Etymology: Back-formation from lazy.

1. To be lazy, waste time.

   “Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?”

   “And, lastly, such are they; that, having got Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not; But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away.”

2. To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

   “The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.”

   “A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […]”