Sedentary \Sed"en*ta*ry\, a. [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit:
cf. F. se['e]dentaire. See Sedent.]
1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
"Sedentary, scholastic sophists." --Bp. Warburton.
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2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a
sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
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Any education that confined itself to sedentary
pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield.
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3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
[R.]
"The sedentary earth." --Milton.
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The soul, considered abstractly from its passions,
is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator.
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4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.]
"Sedentary numbness."
--Milton.
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5. (Zool.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly
attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary
mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
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Sedentary spider (Zool.), one of a tribe of spiders which
rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "sedentary":
abeyant, apathetic, at a standstill, cataleptic, catatonic, dead,
dopey, dormant, dull, fixed, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, immobile,
in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, languid, languorous,
latent, leaden, lifeless, logy, motionless, passive, phlegmatic,
quiescent, seated, sitting, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering,
smoldering, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, suspended,
tame, torpid, unactive, unaroused, unmoving
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Sedentary \Sed"en*ta*ry\, a. [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit:
cf. F. se['e]dentaire. See Sedent.]
1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
``Sedentary, scholastic sophists.'' --Bp. Warburton.
2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a
sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
Any education that confined itself to sedentary
pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield.
3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
[R.]
``The sedentary earth.'' --Milton.
The soul, considered abstractly from its passions,
is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator.
4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.]
``Sedentary numbness.''
--Milton.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly
attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary
mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
Sedentary spider (Zo["o]l.), one of a tribe of spiders
which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their
web.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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