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lurgy

Pronunciation: /ˈlɜːɡi/

The English word “lurgy” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Idleness or laziness regarded as a medical condition; also, depression, especially resulting from a hangover.
  2. A non-specific (often infectious) disease, especially one with symptoms similar to those of a cold or flu, which renders one unfit to attend social events, go to work, etc.

adjective

  1. Idle, lazy.

Etymology

The noun is derived from fever-lurgy, possibly influenced by or related to lurk (“to hang out or wait”). Fever-lurgy is possibly a variant of fever lurden (“idleness regarded as a medical condition”), from fever + lurden, lurdane (“used as a general term of abuse for a person, especially one regarded as dull or idle: loafer, sluggard”). Lurden, lurdane is derived from Middle English lurdan…

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