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Definition of Lie-abed
1. Noun. A person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lie-abed
Literary usage of Lie-abed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"If one's name be up he may lie abed. 27. It is better to lose an eye than one's
reputation. Turk. 28. It takes a lifetime to build up a good reputation ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... in bed, abed; am —, at the bedside; im —liegen, to lie abed; jU S8-C сотр.
.... lie abed ..."
3. Life and Letters of Judge Thomas J. Anderson and Wife: Including a Few by James House Anderson (1904)
"... my limbs and ankles, which are now so sensitive that they will not bear any
weight whatever, and so I must lie abed, of which I am becoming very weary. ..."
4. The Freudian Wish and Its Place in Ethics by Edwin Bissell Holt (1915)
"This dream, while nonsensical, still clearly expresses the wish of one who wants
to lie abed in the morning. But it provided an excuse for lying abed ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"But now they banquet all night, and lie abed in the day time till noon, ...
Many complain against you that ye lie abed till eight, or nine, ..."
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