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Sedentary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. . [Latin sedentarius , from sedens , sedeo , to sit.]

2. Accustomed to sit much, or to pass most of the time in a sitting posture; as a sedentary man. Students, taylors and women are sedentary persons.

3. Requiring much sitting; as a sedentary occupation or employment.

4. Passed for the most part in sitting; as a sedentary life.

5. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; as the sedentary earth.

6. The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss sedentary nature.

7. Spectator .

Sedentary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.

2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.

3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.

4. Caused by long sitting.

5. Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.